| 100% | ROI | 3 | Return on investment, in short |
| 57% | INTEREST | 8 | Rate of return on investments |
| 56% | YIELD | 5 | Return on an investment |
| 56% | NETYIELD | 8 | Return on an investment |
| 56% | YIELDS | 6 | Returns on an investment |
| 53% | DAYTRADER | 9 | Specialist in short-term investments |
| 51% | OCTUPLE | 7 | Like an amazing return on an investment |
| 49% | MULLET | 6 | Short on top/long in back hair |
| 47% | CCS | 3 | Loops in on an email, for short |
| 46% | IDOL | 4 | Talent show that returned in 2018, for short |
| 46% | ACS | 3 | They're turned on in summer, for short |
| 45% | BUSINESSRISK | 12 | Ferrets and lobsters going in on an iffy investment? |
| 45% | MLK | 3 | Honoree on the third Monday in January, for short |
| 44% | ANALYST | 7 | Expert in an investment firm or on a sports show |
| 44% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 44% | PDA | 3 | Kissing in a restaurant or on a bus, for short |
| 43% | LBJ | 3 | President who was sworn in on Air Force One, for short |
| 43% | LSAT | 4 | Exam on which Elle Woods scored 179 in "Legally Blonde," for short |
| 43% | ASL | 3 | System in which "time" is a tap on the wrist, for short |
| 43% | ADAM | 4 | Singer Levine who returned as a coach on "The Voice" in 2025 |
| 42% | MULLET | 6 | Haircut that's short on the top and sides and long in back |
| 42% | SAX | 3 | What Bill Clinton played on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1992, for short |
| 42% | AUG | 3 | Month in 2021 when Microsoft pulled the plug on Internet Explorer (for short) |
| 41% | BRIEFLY | 7 | In short |
| 41% | BRIEF | 5 | In short |
| 41% | CCS | 3 | Keeps in the loop on Outlook, for short |
| 41% | LAB | 3 | Scientist's workplace in short |
| 41% | FDR | 3 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt in short |
| 41% | IMF | 3 | International Monetary Fund in short |
| 41% | MTA | 3 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority in short |