100% | EPI | 3 | Lead-in to a Pen used by nurses |
56% | RAKE | 4 | Tool used by a croupier to gather chips, in Vegas |
54% | ALIVE | 5 | "It's ___!" quote used by Gingy in "Shrek" that is a reference to "Frankenstein" |
51% | MAIL | 4 | Shipping method used by Jim to send Dwight's desk to New Mexico as a prank in "The Office" |
50% | RLY | 3 | Letters preceded by "O" used in internet forums underneath a snowy owl image to express disbelief |
49% | MOO | 3 | Lead in to "goo gai pan" to mean a dish |
48% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |
48% | ONCE | 4 | Lead-in to "upon a time," in fairytales |
47% | MAGICWAND | 9 | A stick used by a wizard to cast spells |
47% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Used by a fortune teller to predict the future |
47% | SETIN | 5 | Lead-in to "Language" in a 1993 comedy bestseller |
47% | NOMAD | 5 | Lead-in to "land" in a hit 2020 film |
47% | SEXY | 4 | Lead-in to "back" in a Justin Timberlake song |
47% | ONCE | 4 | Lead-in to "upon a time," in fairy tales |
47% | SNO | 3 | Lead-in to “cross,” in a winter racing sport |
47% | SCRUBS | 6 | Uniform worn by nurses in a hospital |
46% | CLAPPER | 7 | A board used by filmmakers to mark takes, and cut |
46% | OBLA | 4 | Lead-in to "di" or "da" in a Beatles song |
46% | DUO | 3 | Lead-in to "lingo" in a language-learning app name |
46% | SINKER | 6 | Weight used by a fisher to go deeper |
46% | NOFUSSNOMUSS | 12 | A breeze to use, in adspeak |
46% | DOGWHEEL | 8 | Treadmill used by a canine to turn a spit |
46% | WOK | 3 | Pan used by a chef in a Chinese restaurant |
46% | STILT | 5 | Pole used by a circus performer to seem taller |
46% | SCIMITAR | 8 | Curved sword used by Aladdin in a Disney film |
45% | CANTATA | 7 | A composition by Bach, used in choirs |
45% | NOCOMMENT | 9 | Used in refusing to answer a question |
45% | STY | 3 | Pen for a pig to sleep in |
45% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
45% | SCALES | 6 | Device used by Anubis to determine a soul's fate |