| 100% | DOROTHYPARKER | 13 | She said "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think" |
| 54% | WATER | 5 | "You can lead a horse to ___, but you can't make it drink" |
| 49% | EVERS | 5 | Medgar who said "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea" |
| 44% | TUNA | 4 | "You can tune a piano but you can't ___ fish" |
| 44% | SOWSEAR | 7 | You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
| 43% | INEZ | 4 | "You heard the rumors from ___, you can't believe a word she says" |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer" |
| 40% | REO | 3 | ___ Speedwagon (You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish band) |
| 40% | LOLA | 4 | She said "Little boy, gonna make you a man," in a Kinks song |
| 39% | JLO | 3 | She said, "I'm like a little roach. You think I'm gone for good ... But then you go to get a glass of water in the middle of the night, and boom! I got an album." |
| 39% | CUT | 3 | Paper ___, a tiny but surprisingly painful injury that would make you say "ouch" |
| 38% | TOUCAN | 6 | "One bird can't make a pun, but ___!" |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | Disney queen who says "You can't marry a man you just met" |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | "Frozen" character who says "You can't marry a man you just met" |
| 37% | OWLS | 4 | You can't say they won't give a hoot! |
| 37% | RSVP | 4 | Say you can make it, say |
| 36% | SILKPURSE | 9 | You can't make a __ out of a sow's ear |
| 36% | FCC | 3 | Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" led to a SCOTUS case involving this org. |
| 36% | CLOTH | 5 | You could make a habit of it |
| 36% | TUNE | 4 | "You Can ___ a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish" (REO Speedwagon album) |
| 36% | MOLEHILL | 8 | You can make a mountain out of one |
| 36% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who said, "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it" |
| 36% | ELSA | 4 | Disney queen who says, "You can't marry a man you just met" |
| 35% | BAIL | 4 | Send a last-minute text saying "I can't make it" |
| 35% | SOWSEAR | 7 | What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially |
| 35% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 35% | DOMINOS | 7 | Game in which you "knock" if you can't make a move |
| 35% | ALEXA | 5 | If you ask her to make you a sandwich, she'll say "OK, you're a sandwich" |
| 35% | TRASH | 5 | Valueless stuff you can make a living collecting |