| 100% | RETCON | 6 | Literary device that covers up plot holes |
| 40% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that is sometimes "dramatic" |
| 39% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that sounds like a metal characteristic |
| 39% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that O. Henry is known for |
| 39% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that might be dramatic or situational |
| 39% | SODS | 4 | Covers up a plot? |
| 38% | RETCON | 6 | Literary device that changes facts previously established in the narrative |
| 38% | RETCON | 6 | Literary device that revises a previously established narrative, for short |
| 37% | AMP | 3 | Device that pumps up the volume |
| 37% | BLEEP | 5 | Sound that covers up a naughty word on TV |
| 37% | HEARINGAID | 10 | Device that helps people pick things up? |
| 37% | LIFT | 4 | Device that takes people up a mountain |
| 36% | REDHERRING | 10 | Literary device that probably doesn’t mean what you think it does |
| 35% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Device that creates plot, suspense in a film, book |
| 35% | SPARKPLUG | 9 | Device that helps fire up a car's ignition |
| 35% | PHONECHARGER | 12 | Device that powers up an Android (9,4) (7) |
| 35% | IPAD | 4 | Apple device that may have a Smart Cover |
| 35% | IPAD | 4 | Apple device that might have a Smart Cover |
| 35% | RETCON | 6 | Plot device that explains an inconsistency |
| 34% | RETCON | 6 | Literary device used to address plot inconsistencies |
| 33% | GASCAP | 6 | Cover that's removed before fueling up: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GASCAP | 6 | Cover that's unscrewed before fueling up: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RUG | 3 | Floor covering that can be rolled up |
| 32% | DUVET | 5 | Cover-up device? |
| 32% | AMNESIA | 7 | Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together |
| 32% | HOLE | 4 | Plot ___ (part of a story that doesn’t hold up) |
| 32% | SWITCHPLATE | 11 | Covering around an on-off device with a rectangular hole |
| 31% | REDRUM | 6 | Plot device in "The Shining" that has significance when spelled backward |
| 31% | SOD | 3 | Plot cover-up? |
| 31% | SODS | 4 | Plot cover-ups? |