| 100% | BAA | 3 | Sheepish thing to say? |
| 73% | AFEWWORDS | 9 | Brief thing to say |
| 66% | SOSWEET | 7 | "What a nice thing to say!" |
| 66% | OOH | 3 | What an awed thing to say! |
| 66% | NERDALERT | 9 | "What an adorkable thing to say!" |
| 65% | INSULT | 6 | Mean thing to say to a person |
| 64% | THEMSFITTINGWORDS | 17 | "That thar was an appropriate thing to say!"? |
| 64% | INSFOOTINMOUTH | 14 | "That's such a stupid thing to say!" |
| 64% | ROD | 3 | Thing to spare, in a saying |
| 63% | PLEASE | 6 | "Pretty" thing to say, with a cherry on top? |
| 63% | ADORN | 5 | Add shiny and sparkly things to, say |
| 63% | WIT | 3 | Ability to say clever things |
| 62% | AMEAN | 5 | "That was ___ thing to say!" (vile, not nice): 2 wds. |
| 62% | IMSUCHAJERK | 11 | "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!" |
| 61% | ARMAGEDDONOUTTAHERE | 19 | Apt thing to say if World War III ever breaks out? |
| 61% | PRAISESSHELL | 12 | Has nothing but good things to say about an oil company? |
| 61% | IWAS | 4 | "___ just about to say the same thing!" |
| 61% | MIND | 4 | A terrible thing to waste, they say |
| 60% | PROCRASTINATE | 13 | Leave things to the last minute, say |
| 60% | OMEN | 4 | Sign of dark things to come, say |
| 60% | PHONE | 5 | Bad thing to bring to bed, experts say |
| 59% | DITTO | 5 | "I was about to say the same thing" |
| 59% | AMUSE | 5 | Say humorous things to |
| 58% | MIND | 4 | "A terrible thing to waste," according to a saying |
| 58% | IWAS | 4 | "___ just about to say the same thing!": 2 wds. |
| 58% | IWAS | 4 | "___ just about to say the same thing": 2 wds. |
| 58% | TACT | 4 | Ability to say unpleasant things in a nice way |
| 58% | PREDICT | 7 | Say how things are going to be |
| 57% | ARIEL | 5 | To whom Prospero says "Thou liest, malignant thing!" |
| 56% | TACT | 4 | Know-how to say the right thing at the right time |