| 100% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" |
| 33% | ALLITERATION | 12 | Poetic device identified by repeated sounds of the first letter, as "She sells seashells by the sea-shore" |
| 32% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite by putting a "T" at the front |
| 30% | MUMS | 4 | "___ the word," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "keep it a secret" |
| 30% | SIMILE | 6 | Poetic device that makes a direct comparison between two things, as "She walks in beauty, like the night" |
| 30% | VERB | 4 | A word that describes an action |
| 27% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 26% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 26% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 26% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 26% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 26% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 26% | VIADUCT | 7 | Word that led to the "Why a duck?" routine by the Marx brothers |
| 26% | BIGBEN | 6 | London landmark impersonated by a Twitter account that only tweets the word "BONG" |
| 26% | NOTRE | 5 | French word that becomes its own opposite by changing the first letter to V |
| 26% | SELFIES | 7 | Photos described as a "ubiquitous symbol of millennial navel-gazing" by The New Yorker |
| 25% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 25% | GESTALT | 7 | Unified whole that cannot be described by the sum of its parts |
| 24% | AGE | 3 | "It's a little-known fact that the tan became popular in what is known as the Bronze ___," quote by Cliff on "Cheers" |
| 24% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 24% | ICED | 4 | ___ tea, cold beverage that shares its name with a song by The Carpenters |
| 24% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling that some describe as a glitch in the Matrix |
| 24% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | A word that modifies or describes a noun |
| 24% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | A word that describes or modifies a noun |
| 24% | NOUN | 4 | A word that identifies person, place or thing |
| 24% | METER | 5 | Word following "thermo" or sphygmomano" to refer to a device that lets the doctor read your vitals |
| 24% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 24% | ADVERBS | 7 | Words that describe actions |
| 24% | VERBS | 5 | Words that describe actions |
| 24% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |