| 100% | TRIGGER | 7 | Something that causes an upsetting flashback |
| 48% | PATHOGEN | 8 | Something that causes diseases |
| 48% | WORRISOME | 9 | Something that causes anxiety |
| 47% | JINX | 4 | Something that causes bad luck |
| 46% | NUISANCE | 8 | Something that causes inconvenience or annoyance |
| 45% | GERMS | 5 | Bacteria that cause an illness |
| 45% | IRRITANT | 8 | A nuisance; something that causes trouble |
| 45% | KNOCKON | 7 | Effect that causes an indirect result |
| 44% | POISONIVY | 9 | Climbing plant that causes an itchy rash |
| 44% | BENEFIT | 7 | Something that is an advantage |
| 43% | MOVIE | 5 | Something that could win an Oscar |
| 43% | AFTERMATH | 9 | Something that follows an event, consequences |
| 42% | SNEEZED | 7 | Did something that caused someone to say "Bless you" |
| 42% | PLUG | 4 | Something that's stuck into an outlet |
| 42% | CREDIT | 6 | Something that's due in an acknowledgment |
| 42% | DIURETIC | 8 | Drug that causes an increase in the flow of urine |
| 42% | PLUG | 4 | Something that's stuck into an electrical outlet |
| 42% | ETHER | 5 | Something that was once used as an anesthetic |
| 42% | GLASS | 5 | Something that's half-full for an optimist |
| 42% | EGG | 3 | Something that's broken to make an omelet |
| 42% | AREA | 4 | Something that can be calculated with an integral |
| 41% | NOISE | 5 | Something that may be described to an auto mechanic |
| 40% | CROUTON | 7 | Something that's an essential bit of your Caesar salad |
| 40% | ANTACIDS | 8 | Drugs that help an upset stomach |
| 39% | STOPPABLE | 9 | Describes something that can be brought to an end |
| 39% | PAIR | 4 | Two of something that sounds like an orchard fruit |
| 39% | HIV | 3 | Virus that causes an acquired disease, that may be spread through intimate contact : Abbr. |
| 39% | BYLINE | 6 | Something that you rarely see associated with an article in "The Economist" |
| 39% | FEAR | 4 | Something that koumpounophobia might cause every time you button up your jacket |
| 38% | FEATURE | 7 | An aspect or detail that makes something different |