| 100% | SPELL | 5 | Recite the letters in a word |
| 66% | SPELLING | 8 | The agreed sequence of letters in a word |
| 65% | SPELL | 5 | Recite a word's letters in order |
| 60% | TILDE | 5 | Mark placed over the letter ‘n’ in the Spanish word ‘senor’, indicating a palatal nasal consonant |
| 60% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 59% | PEE | 3 | The letter P as a word |
| 59% | AEIOU | 5 | Letters in a so-called "supervocalic" word |
| 58% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| 57% | TEES | 4 | Letters in the word "letter" |
| 56% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 56% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 55% | TEE | 3 | The letter T, written as a word |
| 55% | LTE | 3 | Letters in the corner of a phone screen |
| 55% | EFF | 3 | The letter F written out as a word |
| 54% | STU | 3 | Name that's three letters in a row in the alphabet |
| 54% | SIX | 3 | Number of letters in the word "twelve" |
| 54% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "dictionary" |
| 54% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "smartphone" |
| 54% | THREE | 5 | Number of letters in the word "six" |
| 53% | EIEIO | 5 | Letters in the chorus of "Old McDonald Had a Farm" |
| 52% | STAR | 4 | A word for a performer, like what's in the sky |
| 52% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with the letter A in two corners |
| 52% | MENE | 4 | Word on a wall, in the Bible |
| 52% | UNDERASPELL | 11 | Hypnotized ... and where a synonymous nine-letter word can be found in the grid |
| 52% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 52% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Fictional past, or a hint to four-letter words found in the starred answers |
| 52% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta that's a word in the song "Yankee Doodle" |
| 51% | ALFA | 4 | Word that represents A in the phonetic alphabet |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Words said with a hand in the air |
| 51% | MUM | 3 | The word, in a saying |