| 100% | WHILED | 6 | Passed (away) |
| 100% | DIED | 4 | Passed away |
| 99% | DIE | 3 | Pass away |
| 99% | DIES | 4 | Passes away |
| 89% | DIE | 3 | Pass away, perish |
| 85% | DIE | 3 | Pass away or cease living |
| 85% | DIE | 3 | Pass away from this world |
| 85% | DIES | 4 | Expires, passes away |
| 83% | INTESTATE | 9 | Passing away without leaving a will |
| 81% | THEBUCKET | 9 | Kick __; idiom for passing away |
| 80% | WIDOW | 5 | Woman whose spouse has passed away |
| 78% | LOU | 3 | Rocker Reed who passed away in 2013 |
| 78% | TERI | 4 | Actor Garr who passed away in 2024 |
| 76% | DON | 3 | Insult comic Rickles who passed away in 2017 |
| 76% | LEE | 3 | Stan ___, Marvel comic legend who passed away recently |
| 76% | BACHARACH | 9 | Songwriter Burt who passed away 2/8/2023 |
| 76% | SHELLEY | 7 | Popeye actress Duvall who passed away last month |
| 76% | CLEM | 4 | Blondie drummer Burke who passed away in 2025 |
| 75% | INTESTATE | 9 | Person who passes away without leaving a will |
| 74% | ANNAN | 5 | Kofi ____, Nobel Prize recipient who passed away in 2018 |
| 74% | DMX | 3 | "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" rapper who passed away in 2021 |
| 74% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer legend who passed away in late 2022 |
| 74% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) |
| 74% | EARL | 4 | James ___ Jones (actor who passed away in September, 2024) |
| 72% | PJOROURKE | 9 | "Holidays in Hell" humorist who passed away 2/15/2022 |
| 71% | LETITIA | 7 | First first lady to pass away in the White House |
| 70% | CAROLCHANNING | 13 | Singer/actress who passed away on January 15, 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 70% | STAN | 4 | ___ Lee, popular Marvel comic book writer who passed away in 2018 |
| 70% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer great who passed away at the end of 2022 |
| 70% | CLEO | 4 | ___ Laine, famed British jazz singer who passed away in July 2025 |