| 100% | IAMBS | 5 | Patterns of stressed syllables, in poetry |
| 62% | DACTYLICS | 9 | Poetry patterns stressing one of three syllables |
| 59% | ANAPEST | 7 | In poetry, unstressed syllables before stressed |
| 56% | SPONDEE | 7 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables |
| 52% | IAMBUS | 6 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable |
| 48% | ARSIS | 5 | Accented syllable in poetry |
| 45% | SETT | 4 | Pattern of stripes in tartan fabric |
| 44% | ERE | 3 | Before, in poetry of old |
| 44% | GRID | 4 | Pattern of crossed lines, as in a crossword |
| 43% | INSTINCT | 8 | Innate pattern of behavior in animals |
| 42% | VEINED | 6 | Describes the patterns of mold in blue cheese |
| 42% | NOM | 3 | Repeated syllable in many memes of hungry animals |
| 42% | SOFTG | 5 | Start of either syllable in "ginger" |
| 42% | ICTUS | 5 | Metrical stress, in poetry |
| 41% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 41% | OSH | 3 | First syllable in a brand of children's clothing |
| 41% | LAS | 3 | Syllables sung in place of unknown words |
| 41% | TANKA | 5 | Poem of 31 syllables in five lines |
| 41% | ONO | 3 | Cry of dismay, in poetry |
| 41% | ONO | 3 | Cry of horror, in poetry |
| 41% | YEWTREE | 7 | Symbol of somberness, in poetry |
| 40% | ELISION | 7 | In linguistics, omission of a sound or syllable |
| 40% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a syllable of old |
| 40% | METER | 5 | Rhythmic pattern in poetry |
| 40% | EVANGELINE | 10 | In poetry, when she passed, "it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music" |
| 40% | TIC | 3 | First syllable in a game of X's and O's |
| 39% | ACCENT | 6 | Stress of emphasis placed on a word or syllable |
| 39% | ELISION | 7 | Omission of a syllable in words like "I'm" |
| 39% | ERATO | 5 | Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology |
| 39% | CALLIOPE | 8 | Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology |