| 100% | YESAND | 6 | Phrase used as a basic tenet of improv comedy |
| 40% | METOO | 5 | Anti-harassment phrase used as a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SUPPER | 6 | Sometimes used as a synonym of dinner |
| 39% | DELTA | 5 | Letter used as a symbol of change |
| 38% | BATTLEAXE | 9 | Broadax used as a weapon of war (hyphenated) |
| 38% | RESERVOIR | 9 | Lake used as a source of water supply |
| 38% | CLOVE | 5 | Dried flower bud, used as a kind of spice |
| 38% | MINUTEMAN | 9 | Fighter used as a symbol of the National Guard |
| 37% | SIS | 3 | Person's sister (often used as a form of address) |
| 37% | VEIL | 4 | Clothing item used as a symbol of a pre-enlightened state |
| 37% | APT | 3 | Fitting, as a phrase (anagram of "pat") |
| 37% | WORN | 4 | Damaged as a result of much use |
| 36% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter used as a symbol of viscosity by chemists and physicists |
| 36% | TENET | 5 | Basic principle, as of a philosophy |
| 36% | GELT | 4 | Coins used as currency in a game of dreidel |
| 35% | FULLCOURT | 9 | Using all of a gym, as in basketball |
| 35% | NEPTUNESTRIDENT | 15 | Mythological weapon that SpongeBob unwittingly uses as a spatula, in an episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” |
| 35% | PINTEREST | 9 | Social network used as a mood board of ideas |
| 34% | SAMPLE | 6 | Use a portion of, as one song in another |
| 34% | CASTOROIL | 9 | Spoonful of medication used as a laxative |
| 34% | DECOY | 5 | Bit of deception used as a lure |
| 34% | BACTRIAN | 8 | — camel, creature with two humps used as a beast of burden in deserts of central Asia |
| 34% | BEE | 3 | Busy as a ___, phrase used to describe someone very industrious or hardworking |
| 34% | MULE | 4 | Stubborn as a ___, phrase used to describe someone very obstinate or inflexible |
| 34% | COALGAS | 7 | Once used as a resource instead of its natural counterpart: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 34% | RAGNAROK | 8 | *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 34% | ATEINTO | 7 | Used a little of, as someone else's speaking time |
| 34% | ETHYL | 5 | Kind of alcohol used as a fuel source |
| 34% | SLAT | 4 | Piece of wood used as a bed support |