| 100% | BLEAK | 5 | Like the mood fostered by "Waiting for Godot" |
| 47% | DIM | 3 | Like the setting for mood lighting |
| 46% | TIME | 4 | Like the tide, it waits for none |
| 43% | ENDLESS | 7 | Like the wait time for someone to come fix the cable, seemingly |
| 41% | ESTRAGON | 8 | Major character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot; the French name for a common herb |
| 41% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the men waiting for Godot |
| 41% | MISHEARD | 8 | Like the Beatles lyric "The girl with colitis goes by" for "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes" |
| 41% | TWOACT | 6 | Like "Waiting for Godot" |
| 40% | DIDI | 4 | Waiting for Godot character |
| 40% | LAHR | 4 | Waiting for Godot actor |
| 40% | ONEDGE | 6 | Like a candidate waiting for the final vote count |
| 40% | BECKETT | 7 | Waiting for Godot playwright Samuel |
| 39% | IDLE | 4 | Like a car waiting for the light to turn green |
| 39% | ANTSY | 5 | Like many type A types waiting for the results of their esophagogastroduodenoscopy, maybe |
| 38% | SOMBER | 6 | Like the mood in a losing locker room |
| 38% | ONHOLD | 6 | Waiting for the operator |
| 37% | BECKETT | 7 | Playwright of Waiting for Godot and Endgame |
| 37% | UNSEATED | 8 | Waiting for the maitre d' |
| 37% | CATH | 4 | Like the Pope, for short |
| 37% | ARID | 4 | Like the habitat for camels |
| 37% | ARID | 4 | Like the habitat for yuccas |
| 37% | ASAP | 4 | Like the blazes, for short |
| 37% | IMIN | 4 | "— the Mood for Love" |
| 37% | IMIN | 4 | "___ the Mood for Love" |
| 37% | ELEE | 4 | "Waiting for the Robert ___," song covered by Al Jolson: 2 wds. |
| 36% | YOU | 3 | "Someone like ___," hit song by Adele that won the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2012 |
| 36% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Waiting for the starting gun, say |
| 36% | DROP | 4 | Waiting for the other shoe to ___ |
| 36% | IDLE | 4 | Waiting for the next task, say |
| 36% | OTHER | 5 | Waiting for the ___ shoe to drop |