| 100% | PHONICS | 7 | Method of teaching people to read by recognising individual sounds |
| 44% | PHONICS | 7 | Method of teaching reading based on sounds |
| 37% | LECTURE | 7 | Method of teaching by formal discourse |
| 33% | PHONICS | 7 | Method to teach reading |
| 31% | PSST | 4 | Sound meant to be heard by only one person |
| 30% | ETHNIC | 6 | Related to a group of people by cultural origin |
| 30% | RITE | 4 | Learning to read and w___ is one of the first things taught in school |
| 30% | ASPIRATE | 8 | Remake of the 2019 film "Parasite" that teaches people how to make "H" sounds? |
| 29% | OCA | 3 | Name given to the dwelling used by indigenous people of Brazil |
| 29% | BTEN | 4 | Apt bingo call to lose on, by the sound of it? |
| 28% | CALORIE | 7 | Some people read the labels of all the food they eat to count ___s |
| 28% | HIBERNATE | 9 | Ancient winter survival method of sleeping through the season, now replaced by sunny getaways to Cancun or Costa Rica |
| 28% | ART | 3 | "The method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth," per Anaïs Nin |
| 28% | DIM | 3 | Hard to read by, as light |
| 27% | BOOKS | 5 | Things people resolve to read more of in the New Year |
| 27% | NEON | 4 | "And the people bowed and prayed / To the __ god they made": Paul Simon, "The Sound of Silence" |
| 26% | BARBECUE | 8 | Method of cooking often shortened to BBQ |
| 26% | ESP | 3 | A supposed paranormal power which enables people to read minds |
| 26% | AVCLUB | 6 | Extracurricular H.S. group of yore usually run by people who actually knew how to run filmstrip through projectors |
| 26% | PERSON | 6 | Individual, singular of people |
| 25% | VOICES | 6 | Sounds of people talking |
| 25% | DINT | 4 | By ___ of (owing to) |
| 25% | DINT | 4 | By __ of (owing to) |
| 25% | DINT | 4 | By ___ of (due to) |
| 25% | DINT | 4 | By — of (due to) |
| 25% | DINT | 4 | By __ of (due to) |
| 25% | SOLIDCITIZEN | 12 | Person of sound character |
| 25% | YOU | 3 | Second person to sound like a sheep |
| 25% | THRO | 4 | By way of, to Burns |
| 25% | WOOSH | 5 | Sound of something rushing by |