| 100% | UNDERLIE | 8 | Serve as the basis for |
| 91% | HEARTOFDARKNESS | 15 | Novella that served as the basis for "Apocalypse Now" |
| 69% | ABET | 4 | Serve as the getaway driver for, say |
| 68% | MANGA | 5 | Japanese comics that are often used as the basis for anime |
| 65% | KERRY | 5 | Politician who serves as the special presidential envoy for climate |
| 62% | ETNA | 4 | Mountain that serves as the backdrop for Euripides’ “Cyclops” |
| 61% | LIAR | 4 | Song by Camila Cabello that served as the lead single for her 2019 album "Romance" |
| 58% | BOWL | 4 | Kitchen essential that serves as the holder for your breakfast cereal |
| 58% | TANEGA | 6 | Norma whose song "You're Dead" serves as the theme song for "What We Do in the Shadows" |
| 57% | ORAN | 4 | Algerian port that serves as the setting for Camus's "The Plague" |
| 56% | OPEN | 4 | Serve as the first act |
| 55% | EGYPT | 5 | Land serving as inspiration for "The Mummy" characters |
| 55% | EPITOMIZE | 9 | Serve as the ideal example of |
| 54% | JETSAM | 6 | Flotsam and ___, moray eels who serve as spies for Ursula in the Disney animated film "The Little Mermaid" |
| 54% | UNDERLIE | 8 | Serve as a foundation for |
| 54% | LEDINTO | 7 | Served as an intro for |
| 54% | ATTENDS | 7 | Serves as a server for |
| 53% | MAT | 3 | Floor covering that may serve as the surface for your day spent practicing martial arts |
| 53% | SOUP | 4 | Liquid served as the first course |
| 52% | IAMACAMERA | 10 | Play that was the basis for "Cabaret" |
| 52% | LABOHEME | 8 | Basis for the musical "Rent" |
| 52% | MRNA | 4 | Basis for the Pfizer vaccine |
| 52% | IAGO | 4 | Parrot who serves as a sidekick for Jafar in the Disney animated film "Aladdin" |
| 51% | ELECTRON | 8 | Helmut Ruska set the basis for the __ microscope |
| 51% | CHU | 3 | Steven ___, Nobelist who served as the Energy Secretary |
| 51% | RAHM | 4 | Emanuel who served as the mayor of Chicago |
| 51% | HEADLINE | 8 | Serve as star of the show |
| 51% | ACTED | 5 | Served as hero in the film |
| 50% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that is the basis for "Clueless" |
| 50% | OSTIA | 5 | Town that served as the port of ancient Rome |