| 100% | HUNNYPOT | 8 | Pooh's pride, as Pooh would spell it |
| 48% | BYMERESTCHANCE | 14 | As luck would have it |
| 48% | SERENDIPITOUSLY | 15 | As luck would have it |
| 46% | ALAS | 4 | "Unfortunately ...," as Shakespeare would put it |
| 45% | TYRE | 4 | Car wheel, as the Brits spell it |
| 45% | KATMANDU | 8 | Himalayan capital, as it's sometimes spelled |
| 44% | ALAS | 4 | "What a shame!", as Shakespeare would write it |
| 44% | ALAS | 4 | As bad luck would have it |
| 44% | SADLY | 5 | As bad luck would have it |
| 44% | PROPERLY | 8 | As Miss Manners would do it |
| 43% | OER | 3 | Over, as Shakespeare would have written it |
| 43% | RASED | 5 | Demolished to the ground (how a Londoner will spell it?) |
| 43% | MACAO | 5 | Casino center near Hong Kong, as it's sometimes spelled |
| 42% | SEEMINGLY | 9 | As it would appear |
| 41% | MMI | 3 | Noted film, as old Romans would have it |
| 41% | AMOURPROPRE | 11 | Self-esteem, as the French would have it |
| 41% | KNEAD | 5 | Press, as a cat would with its paws |
| 40% | RARE | 4 | "Suddenly, as ___ things will, it vanished": E. B. Browning |
| 40% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one's appearance, as a bird would do with its feathers (rhymes with "sheen") |
| 39% | HADACOW | 7 | Freaked out, as Bart Simpson would put it: 3 wds. |
| 39% | FORTUNATELY | 11 | "As luck would have it …" |
| 38% | LUCK | 4 | "As ___ would have it..." |
| 38% | HEXES | 5 | Casts a spell on, as a witch would |
| 38% | OKLA | 4 | St. claiming Will Rogers as its ''Favorite Son'' |
| 37% | GEEKCRED | 8 | IT staffer's pride |
| 37% | REACH | 5 | Extend a hand as far as it will go |
| 36% | HAVE | 4 | "As luck would ___ it ..." |
| 36% | LIKEHOME | 8 | As Dorothy would say, there's no place __ |
| 36% | LUCK | 4 | "As ___ would have it ..." ("Just by chance ...") |
| 36% | HARTFORDCONNECTICUT | 19 | It's known as "Insurance City" |