| 100% | DIE | 3 | Pass away, perish |
| 66% | DIE | 3 | Pass away |
| 65% | DIED | 4 | Passed away |
| 65% | DIES | 4 | Passes away |
| 61% | DIE | 3 | Pass away or cease living |
| 61% | DIE | 3 | Pass away from this world |
| 61% | DIES | 4 | Expires, passes away |
| 60% | INTESTATE | 9 | Passing away without leaving a will |
| 58% | THEBUCKET | 9 | Kick __; idiom for passing away |
| 56% | WIDOW | 5 | Woman whose spouse has passed away |
| 55% | LOU | 3 | Rocker Reed who passed away in 2013 |
| 55% | TERI | 4 | Actor Garr who passed away in 2024 |
| 54% | DON | 3 | Insult comic Rickles who passed away in 2017 |
| 54% | INTESTATE | 9 | Person who passes away without leaving a will |
| 54% | LEE | 3 | Stan ___, Marvel comic legend who passed away recently |
| 54% | BACHARACH | 9 | Songwriter Burt who passed away 2/8/2023 |
| 54% | SHELLEY | 7 | Popeye actress Duvall who passed away last month |
| 54% | CLEM | 4 | Blondie drummer Burke who passed away in 2025 |
| 52% | ANNAN | 5 | Kofi ____, Nobel Prize recipient who passed away in 2018 |
| 52% | DMX | 3 | "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" rapper who passed away in 2021 |
| 52% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer legend who passed away in late 2022 |
| 52% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) |
| 52% | EARL | 4 | James ___ Jones (actor who passed away in September, 2024) |
| 51% | LETITIA | 7 | First first lady to pass away in the White House |
| 51% | PJOROURKE | 9 | "Holidays in Hell" humorist who passed away 2/15/2022 |
| 49% | CAROLCHANNING | 13 | Singer/actress who passed away on January 15, 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | STAN | 4 | ___ Lee, popular Marvel comic book writer who passed away in 2018 |
| 49% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer great who passed away at the end of 2022 |
| 49% | CLEO | 4 | ___ Laine, famed British jazz singer who passed away in July 2025 |
| 49% | WHILED | 6 | Passed (away) |