| 100% | HEED | 4 | Listen to, as cautionary words |
| 60% | HEED | 4 | Listen to, as advice |
| 60% | HEEDS | 5 | Listens to, as advice |
| 60% | HEEDED | 6 | Listened to, as advice |
| 59% | OBEY | 4 | Listen to, as the babysitter |
| 59% | PLAYBACK | 8 | Listen to, as a recording |
| 59% | HEEDS | 5 | Listens to, as "the call" |
| 59% | OBEYS | 5 | Listens to, as a babysitter |
| 57% | HEEDED | 6 | Listened to, as advice (rhymes with "needed") |
| 57% | REHEAR | 6 | Listen to again, as arguments |
| 56% | TUNESIN | 7 | Listens to, as a radio station (2 wds.) |
| 56% | SKIP | 4 | Not listen to, as on Spotify |
| 56% | REHEARD | 7 | Listened to again, as legal arguments |
| 56% | SAGEST | 6 | Most worth listening to, as advice |
| 52% | EUPHEMISTIC | 11 | Worded so as not to offend |
| 52% | SKIPS | 5 | Doesn't listen to, as the boring songs on an album |
| 51% | HEEDS | 5 | Pays attention to, as words of wisdom |
| 51% | KEPT | 4 | Was true to, as one's word |
| 51% | WAY | 3 | Word repeated as a response to "No ___" |
| 49% | SYNCOPES | 8 | Word elisions, as in "forecastle" to "fo'c'sle" |
| 49% | KUDOS | 5 | Word said as a compliment, similar to "Hats off!" |
| 48% | ATALOSS | 7 | With "for," unable to think of, as words |
| 48% | OMIT | 4 | Decide to leave out, as a particular word |
| 46% | STET | 4 | Word used as an instruction to ignore a correction on a manuscript |
| 46% | ELIDE | 5 | Fail to pronounce, as the "g" in an "-ing" word |
| 45% | LIEU | 4 | Word with three consecutive vowels, used as "in ___ of" to mean "instead of" |
| 45% | PHARAOH | 7 | Word used to refer to Ancient Egyptian rulers such as Tutankhamun and Ramesses II |
| 45% | IMA | 3 | Words repeated as part of the chorus to Meredith Brooks's 1997 hit "Bitch" |
| 44% | MISHEARD | 8 | Failed to listen to a person or their words correctly |
| 44% | ACHE | 4 | Word with "stomach" or "head," used as a common excuse to not go to school |