| 100% | ADAGE | 5 | Saying such as "a stitch in time saves nine" |
| 69% | ADAGES | 6 | Sayings like "a stitch in time saves nine" |
| 65% | NINE | 4 | What a stitch in time saves, so they say |
| 63% | ADAGE | 5 | "A stitch in time saves nine," e.g. |
| 57% | NINE | 4 | What a stitch in time saves |
| 53% | STITCH | 6 | A __ in time saves nine |
| 53% | NINE | 4 | "A stitch in time saves ___" |
| 51% | NINE | 4 | "A stitch in time saves ___" (common proverb) |
| 51% | NINE | 4 | "A stitch in time saves ___" (common rhyming idiom) |
| 50% | STITCH | 6 | "A ___ in time saves nine" |
| 50% | STITCH | 6 | "A __ in time saves nine" |
| 50% | NINE | 4 | Number saved by a stitch in time |
| 47% | SAVESNINE | 9 | A stitch in time does this |
| 46% | STITCH | 6 | One in time saves nine |
| 46% | SEW | 3 | Make a stitch in time |
| 45% | SAVESNINE | 9 | What a stitch in time does |
| 45% | TIME | 4 | "A stitch in ___ saves nine," idiom related to problem-solving |
| 41% | SHROUDS | 7 | Burial garments, such as a famous one in Turin |
| 41% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 41% | REBOOTS | 7 | Series such as "One Day at a Time" and "Saved by the Bell," recently |
| 41% | SAVESNINE | 9 | "A stitch in time __" |
| 41% | STITCH | 6 | If in time, it saves nine |
| 40% | EPOCHS | 6 | Periods in time such as the Pleistocene |
| 40% | SAW | 3 | "A stitch in time ...," e.g. |
| 40% | AID | 3 | Help in times of a calamity, say |
| 40% | DAYS | 4 | Time in a trance, say |
| 40% | STORED | 6 | Saved in a warehouse, say |
| 39% | CITED | 5 | Listed as a source, such as in Wikipedia |
| 39% | SLOT | 4 | Time in a broadcasting schedule, say |
| 39% | MINING | 6 | Digging for stone such as flint in Neolithic times |