| 100% | BARD | 4 | Term for a person hired by a nobleman in medieval times to compose verses in his praise |
| 29% | AMBITUS | 7 | Medieval term for range of pitches in a piece |
| 29% | ZOONOSIS | 8 | Term for a disease spread from animals to people |
| 29% | CAMEO | 5 | Term used to describe a brief appearance by a celebrity in a TV show |
| 28% | NERD | 4 | Term for a bookish person that was coined by Dr. Seuss |
| 28% | RAINYDAY | 8 | Time to set aside money for, in a saying |
| 28% | HALLMARKHOLIDAY | 15 | Term for a celebration perceived to exist mainly to sell people cards and gifts |
| 27% | TEMP | 4 | Person who works in an office for a short time |
| 27% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___," classic arcade game released by Atari in 1983 in which the goal is to survive for a set time from the shots fired by enemies |
| 27% | MARINATE | 8 | To put meat in a sauce for a period of time |
| 27% | KLEPTOMANIA | 11 | Term used in psychology for a strong impulse to steal without motivation |
| 27% | TENANT | 6 | Term for a person who rents a home |
| 26% | WIFEY | 5 | Informal term used by a husband to address his spouse lovingly |
| 26% | HIBERNATE | 9 | To sleep for months at a time, like bears in winter |
| 26% | HARD | 4 | ___ pass, term for a firm rejection that was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2021 |
| 26% | SHADOW | 6 | ___ price, spooky-sounding "silhouette" term for a hypothetical value assigned to non-marketed goods in economics |
| 26% | VAUDEVILLESHOWS | 15 | What many people went to see for a night out on the town in the 1920s |
| 26% | CHILDREN | 8 | A nanny is hired to care for __ in the family home |
| 26% | TEMP | 4 | Person filling in a job for the time being, for short |
| 26% | DOT | 3 | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| 26% | ETHER | 5 | Anesthetic that used to be used by dentists, or a term for the sky |
| 25% | BILLYBUSH | 9 | Former TV star who's contrite for his role in the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal, saying "I'm grateful to be a more conscientious person now": 2 wds. |
| 25% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to the Jungle," 1987 song whose riff by Slash was composed in his mom's basement |
| 25% | STAN | 4 | Slang term for an obsessive fan, inspired by an Eminem song about such a person |
| 25% | ADHOC | 5 | Latin term which means "to this" that in modern times means "for a specific purpose" |
| 25% | HAN | 3 | His blaster sold to a Solo bidder for $550,000 in June 2018 |
| 25% | SACKRACES | 9 | Contests in which people are rewarded for jumping to a conclusion? |
| 25% | METAHUMAN | 9 | A DC Comics term for a person with powers |
| 25% | ONRETAINER | 10 | Hired by a client, in a way |
| 25% | DROID | 5 | Sci-fi term that refers to a robot in human-like form, popularized by "Star Wars" |