| 100% | ENDYMION | 8 | Poem by John Keats, that starts with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever..." |
| 57% | KEATS | 5 | "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" poet |
| 56% | KEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" |
| 46% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues "But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene" |
| 40% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Nickname for New York City that was first popularized by John Fitz Gerald and was a part of an ad campaign: 3 wds. |
| 40% | HOPE | 4 | "___ is the thing with feathers," poem by Emily Dickinson with the line "...It asked a crumb of me." |
| 38% | JOY | 3 | "A thing of beauty is a ___ forever" (Keats' words) |
| 38% | JOY | 3 | "A thing of beauty is a ___ forever" (Keats' line) |
| 38% | HOWL | 4 | Poem by Allen Ginsberg that is considered a seminal work for the Beat Generation |
| 38% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 37% | ILLWAITFORYOU | 13 | A song by Frankie Avalon that is considered one of his greatest songs ever, released with the A-side "What Little Girl": 4 wds. |
| 37% | YEW | 3 | A kind of wood that is used for bows (rhymes with "new") |
| 36% | BEAUTY | 6 | Quote from Keats: "A thing of __ is a joy forever" |
| 35% | THING | 5 | "A ___ of beauty is a joy forever" |
| 35% | OTRANTO | 7 | "The Castle of ___," novel by Horace Walpole that is considered a seminal work for gothic fiction |
| 34% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 34% | HAMELIN | 7 | "The Pied Piper of ___," poem written by Robert Browning that is based on a folktale |
| 34% | MAMA | 4 | "Hey ___," dance anthem by David Guetta that starts with a greeting |
| 34% | JUDE | 4 | "Hey ___," iconic song by The Beatles that starts with a greeting |
| 34% | GUAC | 4 | (8/8) "Now that your burrito is done, let's serve it with a side of ___ (avocado dip, for short)" |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | Praiseful poem by John Keats, for example |
| 33% | LAND | 4 | "The Waste ___," poem by T.S. Eliot that is considered a seminal work for modernist poetry |
| 33% | SMILE | 5 | "Die with a ___," song by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars that is nominated for 2 Grammys |
| 33% | GOOD | 4 | "Hey, ___ Lookin'," country classic by Hank Williams that starts with a greeting |
| 33% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 33% | URN | 3 | "Ode on a Grecian ___," poem by John Keats |
| 33% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian Urn," poem by John Keats |
| 33% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | "Until the End of ___," song by Justin Timberlake that was re-recorded as a duet with Beyonce |
| 33% | COPCITY | 7 | Epithet for an Atlanta police-training center that has been protested by a range of justice groups |