| 100% | OUTWIT | 6 | One word in the motto of TV's "Survivor" |
| 55% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of a TV news broadcast |
| 55% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 52% | OUTPLAY | 7 | Word in the "Survivor" motto |
| 51% | OSRIC | 5 | One of the few survivors in "Hamlet" |
| 51% | SONIC | 5 | One of the S's in SST |
| 50% | NOR | 3 | Word in the U.S. Postal Service motto |
| 50% | DES | 3 | Word in the name of Iowa’s capital city |
| 50% | OPERA | 5 | Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show |
| 50% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 50% | CRUE | 4 | Word in the name of Nikki Sixx’s band |
| 50% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 49% | SHOES | 5 | One of the six words in Hemingway’s apocryphal six-word story |
| 49% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 49% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 48% | SPY | 3 | One of many in TV's "The Americans" |
| 48% | VOWEL | 5 | One of two in the word "one" |
| 48% | DOT | 3 | One of three in the word Fiji |
| 48% | EATEN | 5 | In the pit of one's stomach? |
| 48% | SUNNY | 5 | "It's Always ___ in Philadelphia," 2005 sitcom that is one of the fastest-talking TV shows with 176.2 words spoken per minute |
| 48% | SAN | 3 | Word in the names of three of California's four biggest cities |
| 48% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 48% | TIS | 3 | Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes" |
| 47% | SHUT | 4 | Last word in the title of Kubrick's last film |
| 47% | SLUMDOG | 7 | Coined word in the title of 2008's Best Picture |
| 47% | NOR | 3 | Word in the USPS motto |
| 47% | XXX | 3 | Word in the MGM motto |
| 47% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 46% | ALL | 3 | Word in the three musketeers' motto |
| 46% | TONGUE | 6 | Word in the etymology of ''linguini'' |