| 100% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some chardonnays |
| 81% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some spirits |
| 81% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some wines |
| 66% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as wine |
| 62% | OAKY | 4 | Reminiscent of wood, as some wines |
| 61% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, like some wines [anagram of KAYO] |
| 57% | PEATY | 5 | Having the taste of smoke, as some Scotches |
| 47% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of a certain wood |
| 47% | OAKY | 4 | Reminiscent of wood, as wine |
| 46% | VENEER | 6 | Thin layer of wood as a decorative surface |
| 45% | OAK | 3 | Wood that some Chardonnays are aged in |
| 45% | BITTER | 6 | Taste of coffee, rocket leaf, some beers |
| 45% | BLOND | 5 | Golden, as some furniture wood |
| 44% | EDIT | 4 | Change, as some of these clues |
| 44% | SIP | 3 | Taste, as of tea |
| 43% | CORKY | 5 | Like the taste of some bad wine |
| 43% | SLAT | 4 | Piece of wood used as a bed support |
| 43% | VILE | 4 | Really awful, like the taste of some medicines |
| 42% | SIPS | 4 | Has a taste of, as wine |
| 42% | SHELVES | 7 | Lengths of wood put on walls as extra storage |
| 42% | SIP | 3 | Try a taste of, as a cocktail |
| 42% | SIP | 3 | Small taste, as of soup |
| 41% | TRY | 3 | Have a taste of, as an unfamiliar food |
| 41% | SOAPY | 5 | Like the taste of cilantro, to some |
| 41% | ASHTREES | 8 | Sources of some baseball bat wood |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Wood wind instrument known as the cousin of clarinet |
| 40% | METALLIC | 8 | Some canned beverages can have this kind of taste |
| 40% | SIPS | 4 | Takes a small taste of, as a cocktail |
| 40% | USES | 4 | Applications or purposes, as of some equipment |
| 40% | SIP | 3 | Take a taste, as of a cocktail |