| 100% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
| 51% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 49% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac that was Motor Trend's 1968 Car of the Year |
| 48% | OED | 3 | It's 2021 word of the year was "vax" |
| 47% | EMOJI | 5 | The Oxford Dictionaries 2015 "Word" of the Year is one |
| 46% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
| 46% | THEY | 4 | Its singular form was named Merriam-Webster's 2019 Word of the Year |
| 45% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 45% | SELFIE | 6 | Picture type that Oxford Dictionaries named its "Word of the Year" in 2013 |
| 43% | HELLO | 5 | 2015 song by Adele that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
| 43% | ANTONYM | 7 | Word that is the opposite of another |
| 42% | OED | 3 | Its 2019 Word of the Year was "climate emergency" (Abbr.) |
| 42% | OED | 3 | Its 2022 Word of the Year was "goblin mode" (Abbr.) |
| 42% | OED | 3 | Ref. work whose 2018 Word of the Year is "toxic" |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that chose Angela Merkel as its 2015 Person of the Year |
| 41% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who was Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 41% | DRIVINGMISSDAISY | 16 | "Floral" film that was the Best Picture of 1989 |
| 41% | OUI | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 14-Across |
| 41% | NON | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 2-Down |
| 41% | INKLE | 5 | Company that created "80 Days" which was Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2014 |
| 41% | CHATGPT | 7 | A.I. bot that was labeled one of 2022's "Breakthroughs of the Year" |
| 41% | LUCID | 5 | ___ Air, electric vehicle that was named Motor Trend's 2022 Car of the Year |
| 40% | ABOUT | 5 | "All ___ That Bass," 2015 Grammy Song of the Year nominee |
| 40% | AUTHENTIC | 9 | Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year |
| 40% | MOM | 3 | Soccer ___, ADS Word of the Year in 1996 which is a type of suburban parent |
| 40% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 40% | MOIST | 5 | Adjective that's been called "one of the most hated words in the English language" |
| 40% | VAPE | 4 | Oxford English Dictionary's 2014 word of the year |
| 40% | LUCAS | 5 | Hall of Famer Jerry who was the NBA's 1964 Rookie of the Year |