| 100% | CAKEPAN | 7 | Receptacle used to make devil's food, red velvet, and marble creations: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IRONORE | 7 | Raw material used to make steel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GINGERALE | 9 | Soda typically used to make a Shirley Temple mocktail: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BENZENE | 7 | It's used to make chemicals and dyes |
| 30% | STEEL | 5 | Used to make tools and weapons |
| 29% | SOY | 3 | Bean that's used to make nondairy milk and tofu |
| 29% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Telenovela" actress who used to work at Wendy's: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TIN | 3 | Metal previously used to make food containers |
| 28% | OFNO | 4 | "That's ___ use to me now!": 2 wds. |
| 28% | COD | 3 | Fish used to make fish and chips |
| 28% | HEMP | 4 | Material used to make rope and burlap |
| 28% | ALMONDS | 7 | Nuts used to make marzipan and frangipane |
| 28% | OBOE | 4 | Reed used to make music and crosswords |
| 28% | BRASS | 5 | Alloy used to make trumpets and tubas |
| 28% | ALMOND | 6 | Nut used to make marzipan and amaretto |
| 28% | TOBACCO | 7 | Leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars |
| 28% | NYLON | 5 | Material used to make parachutes and pantyhose |
| 28% | SAND | 4 | Material used to make glass and silicon |
| 28% | ASPHALT | 7 | Material used to make roads and highways |
| 28% | SNOW | 4 | In old movies, it was made using everything from marble dust to salt and painted cornflakes |
| 28% | TORTILLA | 8 | Thin flatbread, used to make chips and burritos |
| 28% | LEATHER | 7 | Material often used to make belts and shoes |
| 28% | PORCELAIN | 9 | White substance used to make cups and plates |
| 28% | AGAVE | 5 | Desert plant used to make nectar and tequila |
| 28% | OAT | 3 | Grain used to make granola bars and cereals |
| 28% | ALDERS | 6 | Trees used to make furniture and electric guitars |
| 28% | LYE | 3 | Caustic chemical used to make lutefisk and bagels |
| 28% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host who used to work at McDonald's: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BUTTER | 6 | The roux used to make Bechamel sauce: flour and __ |
| 28% | LYE | 3 | Caustic substance used to make soap and oven cleaner |