| 100% | DIEM | 4 | Per ___ (by the day: Lat.) |
| 75% | DIEM | 4 | Per ___ (by the day) |
| 74% | PERDIEM | 7 | By the day |
| 69% | CARPE | 5 | ___ diem (seize the day): Lat. |
| 69% | DIEM | 4 | Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.) |
| 69% | CARPE | 5 | __ diem (seize the day: Lat.) |
| 69% | EXTRA | 5 | Player paid by the day |
| 67% | RENTS | 5 | Pays to use by the day, say |
| 63% | PLUTOCRATIC | 11 | Ruled by the one per cent |
| 60% | TRIPPER | 7 | Day __ by the Beatles |
| 60% | PRADA | 5 | Designer sported by the Devil, per a 2003 book |
| 59% | WREN | 4 | Bird honored by the Irish on St. Stephen's Day |
| 58% | ANNUM | 5 | Per — (by the year) |
| 58% | PER | 3 | ___ diem (by the day) |
| 57% | IDO | 3 | Words exchanged by the bride and groom on their wedding day |
| 57% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | "___ Drive," 1967 song by the Doors from their album "Strange Days" |
| 57% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day," acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 56% | LIGHT | 5 | Something created by God on the first day |
| 56% | EIGHTY | 6 | Around the World in __ Days by Jules Verne |
| 56% | PAST | 4 | Living in the ___ (wistful for days gone by) |
| 55% | MANIC | 5 | "___ Monday," hit by the Bangles that celebrates the first day of the week |
| 55% | RIO | 3 | City run by King Momo five days per year |
| 55% | COCO | 4 | 2017 Pixar film inspired by Day of the Dead |
| 54% | SEIZE | 5 | "___ the Day," 1956 novel by Saul Bellow whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 54% | ERE | 3 | "Whilst eyes that change ___ night / Make glad the day" (line from "Mutability," by Shelley) |
| 54% | IDES | 4 | Day originally marked by a full moon in the early Roman calendar |
| 54% | GODSPELL | 8 | 1976 Broadway musical with the hit song "Day by Day" |
| 54% | EIGHTY | 6 | "Around the World in ___ Days," adventure novel by Jules Verne |
| 53% | RUBY | 4 | "___ Tuesday," rock ballad by the Rolling Stones that celebrates the second day of the week |
| 53% | DOG | 3 | "___ Day Afternoon," 1975 film that features the song "Amoreena" by Elton John |