| 100% | BUCATINI | 8 | Like spaghetti, but with a hole down the center |
| 47% | DENSE | 5 | Like the center of a black hole |
| 43% | CABANA | 6 | Like a gazebo on the beach, but with fabric walls |
| 42% | SERPENTS | 8 | Like snakes but with a scarier name |
| 40% | WORMY | 5 | Like an apple with a hole in it, perhaps |
| 40% | DONUT | 5 | Food with a hole in the middle |
| 40% | LIFESAVER | 9 | Candy with a hole in the middle |
| 40% | BAGEL | 5 | Roll with a hole in the middle |
| 40% | BUNDTCAKE | 9 | Confection with a hole in the middle |
| 40% | BUNDT | 5 | Cake with a hole in the middle |
| 40% | TEPEE | 5 | Home with a hole at the top |
| 40% | PONCHOS | 7 | Raincoats with a hole for the head |
| 39% | CHEEZIT | 7 | Cracker with a hole in the middle (Hyph.) |
| 39% | HITTABLE | 8 | Like a ball down the middle |
| 39% | PIT | 3 | The center of a cherry, or a deep hole |
| 38% | DOUGHNUT | 8 | Round pastry with a hole in the middle |
| 38% | BEAD | 4 | Small ball with a hole through the middle |
| 38% | BEAD | 4 | Small ball with a hole in the middle |
| 38% | ANTHILL | 7 | Small mound with a hole in the middle |
| 38% | DONUT | 5 | Breakfast pastry with a hole in the middle |
| 38% | POPGUN | 6 | Toy weapon with a cork down the barrel |
| 38% | STENOPAD | 8 | Notebook with a vertical line down the middle |
| 38% | TALL | 4 | Like a center in the WNBA |
| 38% | SEA | 3 | With 13-Down, water dweller that looks like a plant but is actually an animal |
| 38% | UNHOLY | 6 | Like a pact with the Devil |
| 38% | FAUSTIAN | 8 | Like a pact with the devil |
| 38% | HOMONYM | 7 | Word sounding like another but with a different meaning |
| 38% | SPRINGONIONS | 12 | They're like scallions but with a stronger flavor |
| 38% | LEAKY | 5 | Like a boat with holes in it |
| 38% | FSHAPED | 7 | Like the sound holes of a cello |