| 100% | GELS | 4 | Substances that can keep cowlicks in place |
| 49% | GEL | 3 | Goo that helps keep hair in place |
| 46% | SCRUNCHY | 8 | Keeps hair in place, can also be spelled with -ie |
| 46% | ANT | 3 | Insect that can be kept in a "farm" |
| 44% | GEL | 3 | Goop that keeps locks in place? |
| 44% | PEG | 3 | Pin that keeps clothes in place |
| 44% | APP | 3 | Item that can be placed in a folder on an iPhone |
| 44% | BOOKMARK | 8 | Strip that keeps your place in novels |
| 43% | LASTYEAR | 8 | Phrase that can be used in place of “yesterday” on January 1st |
| 41% | GELS | 4 | Products that keep some hairstyles in place |
| 41% | GEL | 3 | Goops that keeps your hair in place |
| 41% | SEALERS | 7 | Substances that can protect concrete |
| 41% | DYE | 3 | Substance that could color textiles |
| 41% | NOWAYAPAPAYAWON | 15 | That tropical entry could not have captured first place in the fruit competition, palindromically |
| 40% | DYES | 4 | Substances that can conceal gray hair |
| 40% | GEL | 3 | Substance that can make hair spiky |
| 40% | EAU | 3 | Substance that can extinguish un feu |
| 40% | DYES | 4 | Substances that can add highlights to hair |
| 39% | WATER | 5 | Substance that can be holy or hard |
| 39% | POISON | 6 | Substance that can damage organs and cause death |
| 39% | PLASTIC | 7 | Substance that can be transformed into vanilla flavoring |
| 39% | THEREFOR | 8 | In place of that |
| 38% | UREA | 4 | Substance that showed, in 1828, that something previously produced only as a by-product of life, could be created in the lab |
| 38% | DYES | 4 | Substances that can come from animals, vegetables, or minerals |
| 38% | ANTIVENOM | 9 | Substance that can reverse a snake bite's effects |
| 38% | INSULATION | 10 | Investment that can keep your house cool |
| 38% | IRRITANT | 8 | Chemical or substance that can cause itching |
| 38% | DYES | 4 | Substances that could make your hair auburn or blue, say |
| 38% | ICE | 3 | Substance that can make a road dangerous to drive on |
| 37% | MAP | 3 | Paper that can keep you from getting lost |