| 100% | TENSIONS | 8 | Strains; pressures that cause unrest in society |
| 39% | STRESSOR | 8 | Stimulus that causes strain |
| 38% | ELITES | 6 | Those in high society |
| 36% | PEANUTS | 7 | Food that causes allergic reactions in many people |
| 36% | POGO | 4 | Stick that causes a spring in one's step? |
| 36% | EVERGIVEN | 9 | Container ship that caused a blockage in the Suez |
| 36% | LOTUSTREE | 9 | Plant that caused forgetfulness in "The Odyssey" |
| 35% | CROUP | 5 | Infection that causes a rough-sounding cough, usually in children |
| 35% | DIURETIC | 8 | Drug that causes an increase in the flow of urine |
| 35% | STRANGERTHINGS | 14 | Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo sales |
| 35% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable that caused a princess agony, in a fairy tale |
| 35% | ELMOS | 5 | Ticklish toys that caused a frenzy at Christmas in 1996 |
| 35% | IRE | 3 | Cause of an increase in blood pressure, maybe |
| 34% | PEERGROUP | 9 | Those in your society sharing your age and status |
| 34% | TULIP | 5 | Flower that caused the world's first economic bubble in the 1630s |
| 34% | UPRISING | 8 | Rebellion that might be caused by civil unrest |
| 33% | BLOOD | 5 | ___ pressure, health vital that may "go up" in tense situations |
| 33% | APPENDIX | 8 | Small organ that can cause big pain in abdomen |
| 33% | PEAS | 4 | Green vegetables that are sometimes strained in baby food |
| 32% | AGUA | 4 | Guatemala's dominant volcano that caused the relocation of the entire capital in 1541 |
| 32% | RAIN | 4 | Weather that might cause a delay in a baseball game |
| 32% | MAUIWOWIE | 9 | Weed strain with a rhyming name that originated in Hawaii |
| 32% | SPRAIN | 6 | Twist in ligaments that causes injury |
| 32% | LETHE | 5 | River in Hades that causes forgetfulness |
| 31% | ANXIETY | 7 | Feelings of fear that cause problems in the body |
| 31% | ACE | 3 | Dealer's card that might cause players to buy insurance, in blackjack |
| 30% | SAC | 3 | Type of fly that caused the Red Sox to beat the Giants in the 1912 World Series |
| 30% | SNORE | 5 | Cause unrest? |
| 29% | AIR | 3 | Inflation cause that might result in a bubble? |
| 29% | ILLSUE | 6 | Words that may cause fear in a business |