| 100% | UNWISE | 6 | Like counting your chickens before they've hatched |
| 75% | DONT | 4 | "___ count your chickens before they hatch" |
| 72% | OLDSAW | 6 | "Don't count your chickens before they hatch," e.g. |
| 72% | NOT | 3 | Do ___ count your chickens before they are hatched |
| 61% | COUNT | 5 | "Don't ___ your chickens before they hatch" |
| 61% | THEY | 4 | "Don't count your chickens before ___ hatch" |
| 58% | BEFORE | 6 | "Don't count your chickens ___ they hatch" |
| 55% | CHICKENS | 8 | "Don't count your __ before they hatch" |
| 49% | CHICKENS | 8 | Don't count your __ before they are hatched |
| 40% | DONT | 4 | "___ count your chickens..." |
| 40% | DONT | 4 | ''__ count your chickens . . .'' |
| 39% | CHICKENS | 8 | Don´t count these animals before they hatch |
| 37% | CHICKENS | 8 | You shouldn't count them before they're hatched |
| 34% | FACEBOOKFRIENDS | 15 | They might like your comments |
| 33% | SPOTS | 5 | They may be before your eyes |
| 32% | RASH | 4 | Like those who leap before they look |
| 32% | BUTTERFLIED | 11 | Like some chickens before roasting |
| 32% | DEBONED | 7 | Like some chicken before cooking |
| 32% | DIFFICULT | 9 | Before things are easy they are like this |
| 32% | CURSES | 6 | Like chickens, they come home to roost |
| 31% | MILD | 4 | Like chicken wings that won't burn your mouth |
| 30% | BLANK | 5 | Like the squares in this crossword before you fill them in |
| 29% | PREORDERED | 10 | Like goods bought before they hit the shelves |
| 29% | NEWCARS | 7 | Ones that are tired before they've even moved? |
| 28% | STALE | 5 | Like jokes you've heard before |
| 27% | RERUNS | 6 | You've seen them before |
| 27% | HEPT | 4 | Prefix that can come before your ad, particularly if you have seven of them |
| 27% | SOMNIFEROUS | 11 | Like counting sheep |
| 27% | TIES | 4 | They’re like kissing your sister, so it’s said |
| 26% | STALE | 5 | Like jokes you've heard umpteen times before |