| 100% | ROYALTY | 7 | Regal sounding term for a payment to an author |
| 44% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Term for an item that is essential to a film's plot |
| 44% | ROYALTIES | 9 | Payments to an author |
| 39% | ZOONOSIS | 8 | Term for a disease spread from animals to people |
| 38% | SEABEE | 6 | Term for a naval builder that looks like an aquatic insect |
| 38% | ISP | 3 | Term for a company that provides access to the Web: Abbr. |
| 38% | FAMILYMAN | 9 | Phrasal term for a father devoted to home life |
| 38% | KILLFEE | 7 | Payment to a freelancer for unpublished work |
| 37% | NAN | 3 | Term for mother's mother, to a Brit |
| 36% | ASSIEGE | 7 | Old term for surrounding with an army to takeover |
| 36% | ESTREAT | 7 | Archaic term for an official copy of a document |
| 36% | OKAPI | 5 | Alright for a Greek character to have an animal |
| 35% | OKAPI | 5 | All right for a Greek character to have an animal |
| 35% | LANDSLIDE | 9 | A term for an overwhelming victory in politics |
| 35% | AWEIGH | 6 | Sounds like a method for raising an anchor? |
| 35% | SALARY | 6 | A fixed, regular payment to an employee |
| 35% | BARD | 4 | Term for a person hired by a nobleman in medieval times to compose verses in his praise |
| 35% | FAMILIAR | 8 | General term for an animal kept as a witch's pet |
| 35% | PAR | 3 | Golf term for the number of strokes to get a hole |
| 34% | SNORE | 5 | Unpleasant sound for a bedmate to hear |
| 34% | HARD | 4 | ___ pass, term for a firm rejection that was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2021 |
| 34% | ESIGN | 5 | Verify a payment on an iPad cash register, for example |
| 34% | HISS | 4 | Sound neither an actor nor a hiker wants to hear |
| 33% | BRO | 3 | Informal term to address a male friend, for short |
| 33% | MENSREA | 7 | Latin phrase for an intention to commit a crime |
| 33% | ENTER | 5 | Stage direction for an actor to join a scene |
| 33% | GOLDENH | 7 | Financial incentive for an executive to stay at a company |
| 33% | ESSAY | 5 | One in a stack for an English teacher to grade |
| 33% | SWAG | 4 | ___ bag (rhyming term for a giveaway at an event) |
| 33% | PEN | 3 | Utensil for an author at a book signing |