| 100% | BANANABREAD | 11 | Much-baked item during the 2020 lockdown |
| 42% | SCONE | 5 | Baked item from a cheat in the southeast |
| 41% | SCONE | 5 | Baked item from a cheat in the south-east |
| 41% | RERUNS | 6 | Much TV fare during the wee hours |
| 41% | CORONA | 6 | Beer brand whose popularity didn't drop during the 2020 pandemic, surprisingly |
| 40% | STICK | 5 | Fetch item during a walk in the woods |
| 39% | LEADSTORY | 9 | The first and most important news item |
| 39% | AFRICA | 6 | The continent with the most countries 2020 |
| 39% | POUNDCAKE | 9 | Baked item whose name suggests how much of each ingredient to use |
| 39% | BEDROOMPOP | 10 | Lo-fi genre that boomed during the COVID-19 lockdowns |
| 38% | LATEST | 6 | The most recent item; current, new |
| 38% | SLEEP | 5 | What most people do during the night |
| 38% | MERELY | 6 | Only the item specified, nothing more, simply |
| 37% | SOWETO | 6 | Johannesburg neighborhood much in the news during apartheid |
| 37% | DEFUNDTHEPOLICE | 15 | Slogan popularized by Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd uprisings (June, 2020) |
| 36% | FAVORITE | 8 | The thing you most prefer in a group of like items |
| 36% | MAP | 3 | Glove-box item, needed most during a road trip |
| 36% | EQUALPAY | 8 | Much-discussed goal during the 2019 World Cup? |
| 36% | BUNNY | 5 | Bad ___, the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2020 |
| 36% | LIAM | 4 | The most common name for baby boys born in America in 2020 |
| 35% | RATS | 4 | Rodents featured in the Chinese zodiac for most of 2020 |
| 35% | BRAYDENPOINT | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning center who scored a league-leading 14 goals during the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president during most of World War II |
| 35% | LILBABY | 7 | Rapper whose "My Turn" was the most-streamed album of 2020 |
| 35% | NIKITAKUCHEROV | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning right wing who earned a league-leading 34 points during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs (2 wds.) |
| 35% | COMPARE | 7 | Weigh up the pros and cons of two or more items |
| 35% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose most popular item is the Billy bookcase |
| 34% | QIN | 3 | Dynasty during which much of the Great Wall of China was built |
| 33% | HBO | 3 | Network with the most Emmy wins in 2020, beating out Netflix and NBC |
| 33% | YAM | 3 | Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined |