| 100% | MINUEND | 7 | Number from which another is to be subtracted |
| 80% | MINUEND | 7 | Number from which another is subtracted |
| 63% | AUGEND | 6 | Number to which another is added |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Placement number of letters missing from the question, which are the key to the contest answer |
| 49% | IMPORT | 6 | Item brought from another country to be sold |
| 49% | MINUENDS | 8 | Numbers other numbers are subtracted from |
| 49% | TIME | 4 | (2/3) "What ___ Is It?" opening number from Disney's "High School Musical 2" in which the characters look forward to summer |
| 48% | MINARET | 7 | Mosque tower from which call to prayer is heard |
| 48% | MINARET | 7 | Mosque tower from which Muslims are called to pray |
| 46% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 45% | SEGUE | 5 | Go from one number to another |
| 44% | TARPEIANROCK | 12 | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths |
| 42% | SEVEN | 5 | The number that's most likely to be picked when guessing a number from 1-10, per psych studies |
| 42% | ROTOGRAVURE | 11 | Printing process using a cylinder with small recesses from which ink is transferred to paper in a rotary press |
| 42% | COCHINEAL | 9 | Insect native to Mexico from which a crimson dye used to colour food is obtained |
| 41% | SPYFALL | 7 | Game in which one player tries to glean information from the other players without being caught |
| 41% | MENU | 4 | From which starters are selected |
| 40% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Board game developed by Alfred Butts in which numbered tiles with letters are used to form words |
| 40% | NOBAIL | 6 | Like a policy in which arrested suspects can be released from jail without needing to post payment |
| 40% | CAPSULE | 7 | *Time ___, container in which you store precious things from the present to be found in the future |
| 40% | GIFTBOX | 7 | To which a "To/From" label might be attached |
| 40% | NARDOO | 6 | Species of clover-like fern native to Australia also known as ngardu from which bush bread is made |
| 40% | STIRRUP | 7 | Item which some scholars argue was directly responsible for the shift from infantry to cavalry in medieval armies |
| 40% | LUPERCALIA | 10 | Roman festival to avert evil spirits that was also called "dies Februatus" from which February got its name |
| 39% | TEN | 3 | Number on which the decimal system is based |
| 39% | SOYA | 4 | Bean from which sauce is made |
| 39% | PIG | 3 | Mammal from which pork is obtained |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Rock from which metal is obtained |
| 39% | AGAVE | 5 | Plant from which tequila is made |
| 39% | ORCHID | 6 | Flower from which vanilla is derived |