| 100% | ADIEU | 5 | Popular first guess word in Wordle, due to its four vowels |
| 36% | MILE | 4 | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| 35% | IHOP | 4 | Its four-word name was reduced to four letters in 1973 |
| 33% | ADIEU | 5 | Farewell that's a popular first guess for Wordle players |
| 33% | TWO | 3 | Impressive number of guesses to get the word in Wordle |
| 32% | AIOLI | 5 | Condiment with four vowels in its name |
| 32% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 31% | NEW | 3 | First word in four state names |
| 31% | NEXT | 4 | Word to the first in line |
| 31% | PERMANENTWAVE | 13 | *Salon job often shortened to its first four letters |
| 31% | ABCD | 4 | First four letters in a popular song |
| 31% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a letter to Santa |
| 31% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 31% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 31% | NHL | 3 | It first expanded to the US in 1924 |
| 30% | TARPAULIN | 9 | Covering whose name is often shortened to its first four letters |
| 30% | DOE | 3 | First word in a popular "Sound of Music" song |
| 30% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 30% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 30% | BYE | 3 | Word repeated to Miss American Pie in a popular song |
| 30% | YOU | 3 | Word shortened to its last letter in texts |
| 30% | ARE | 3 | Word shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 30% | ADIEU | 5 | Most popular starting guess in Wordle |
| 29% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 29% | NEEDSADULTSUPERVISION | 21 | In other words, mom or dad will have to operate it |
| 29% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 29% | DURACELL | 8 | First battery brand to feature an indefatigable pink bunny in its ads |
| 29% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 29% | CLOVER | 6 | It's lucky to find a four-leaf one in the garden |