100% | AUTHENTIC | 9 | Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year, defined as "not false or imitation" |
66% | RIZZ | 4 | Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" |
57% | AUTHENTIC | 9 | Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year |
45% | CHARM | 5 | What "rizz," Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, means |
44% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
40% | SINGULARTHEY | 12 | Merriam-Webster’s 2019 “Word of the Year” |
39% | THEY | 4 | Its singular form was named Merriam-Webster's 2019 Word of the Year |
37% | FAKE | 4 | ___ news, ADS Word of the Year in 2017 which means "disinformation presented as real news" |
36% | BRAINROT | 8 | 2024 Word of the Year, per Collins Dictionary (just the shaded squares) or Oxford (the entire entry) |
35% | OED | 3 | It's 2021 word of the year was "vax" |
34% | VAPE | 4 | Oxford English Dictionary's 2014 word of the year |
34% | MESSI | 5 | Time's 2023 Athlete of the Year |
34% | SWIFT | 5 | Time's 2023 Person of the Year |
34% | ONE | 3 | Last word of the year |
34% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 13-Across, Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year |
33% | ONE | 3 | Last word of the year, often |
33% | CHEERS | 6 | Rallying words from fans in the stands, or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses |
33% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
33% | VAX | 3 | Oxford Word of the Year for 2021 |
33% | ROT | 3 | Brain __: 2024 Oxford Word of the Year |
33% | CONTROVERSIAL | 13 | Like Merriam-Webster's inclusion of the word "irregardless," originally |
33% | PHRASE | 6 | Occasional Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, oddly |
33% | TAYLORS | 7 | Time's Person of the Year in 2023 |
33% | ONE | 3 | "Three...two...___..." (last words of the year, often) |
32% | OED | 3 | Ref. work whose 2018 Word of the Year is "toxic" |
32% | OED | 3 | Its 2019 Word of the Year was "climate emergency" (Abbr.) |
32% | OED | 3 | Its 2022 Word of the Year was "goblin mode" (Abbr.) |
32% | TSWIZZLE | 8 | Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year |
31% | MORPH | 5 | American Dialect Society's Word of the Year in 1994 which means "to change form" |
31% | 2019 | 4 | The year, as of today |