| 100% | KAPPEARANCES | 12 | Maintain the impression of well-being |
| 65% | SEEM | 4 | Give the impression of being |
| 65% | SEEMED | 6 | Gave the impression of being |
| 65% | SEEMS | 5 | Gives the impression of being |
| 65% | SEEMED | 6 | Conveyed the impression of being |
| 60% | EMBODY | 6 | Be the best example of |
| 59% | INSULIN | 7 | Charles Best was the co-discoverer of this |
| 58% | ENEMY | 5 | "The best is the ___ of the good": Voltaire |
| 57% | VALOR | 5 | "Discretion is the better part of —" |
| 57% | PART | 4 | "Discretion is the better ___ of valor" |
| 57% | VALOR | 5 | "Discretion is the better part of ___" |
| 56% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 56% | IDEAS | 5 | Some of the best ones are crazy |
| 56% | DAYS | 4 | "... those were the best ___ of my life..." |
| 56% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ been the best day of my life!" |
| 55% | DRIVINGMISSDAISY | 16 | "Floral" film that was the Best Picture of 1989 |
| 54% | BAGPIPEDREAMS | 13 | Fantasies about being the best player of a Scottish instrument? |
| 54% | SOME | 4 | "These are ___ of the best books I've ever read." |
| 53% | SPARE | 5 | Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023 |
| 53% | FORESTS | 7 | Silviculture is the science of maintaining them |
| 52% | EMILEZOLA | 9 | Author who was the title subject of the Best Picture of 1937 |
| 52% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Novelist who is the fourth best-selling fiction writer of all time |
| 52% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | First name of the cartoon character whose best friend is Patrick Star |
| 51% | NIGEL | 5 | Richards who is generally regarded as the best Scrabble player of all time |
| 51% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 51% | SLOANE | 6 | ___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" |
| 51% | ADELE | 5 | Her 21 is the United Kingdom's best-selling album of the 21st century |
| 51% | PETERSON | 8 | Patrick ___, Arizona Cardinals cornerback who was rated as one of the best of 2016 |
| 51% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | Band whose "Appetite for Destruction" was the best-selling debut album of all time |
| 51% | KAMIKAZE | 8 | Album by 37-Across that was the best-selling hip-hop album of 2018 |