| 100% | SYLLABLES | 9 | The units of sound that words are broken up into |
| 44% | YOU | 3 | "___ gotta be kidding?"... or word that sounds like the second letter of 25a |
| 41% | STERES | 6 | Units of volume that are the metric counterparts of cords |
| 41% | SYLLABLES | 9 | They break up the pronunciation of a word |
| 40% | SCALP | 5 | Part of the head that dandruff shampoo is rubbed into |
| 39% | DECIBELS | 8 | Units that measure the loudness of sound |
| 39% | SALT | 4 | The Price of ___ (novel that was adapted into the movie Carol) |
| 39% | ALPS | 4 | The hills that are alive in "The Sound of Music" |
| 38% | EEK | 3 | Shriek that sounds like part of the word "shriek" |
| 38% | GEYSER | 6 | Spring that sends up jets of water into the air |
| 38% | CEDE | 4 | Word meaning "give up control of" that sounds like "seed" |
| 38% | EAU | 3 | French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 38% | ILIUM | 5 | Large broad bone that is the upper area of pelvis |
| 38% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 37% | NEWS | 4 | Word that's only coincidentally made up of the four main compass points |
| 37% | ICI | 3 | Common French word that sounds like two letters of the alphabet |
| 37% | ANTONYM | 7 | Word that is the opposite of another |
| 37% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 37% | LIVE | 4 | Word seen in the upper-right corner of TV screens during breaking news stories |
| 37% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
| 37% | KAY | 3 | Mary ___ cosmetics... or word that sounds like the last letter of 25a |
| 37% | EYE | 3 | Gaze holder... or word that sounds like the third letter of 25a |
| 37% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |
| 36% | COCHLEA | 7 | Spiral tube of the inner ear that converts sound vibrations into nerve impulses |
| 36% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | Vast salty stretch... or word that sounds like the fourth letter of 25a |
| 36% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 36% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | Author of the novel that was adapted into the 2012 film 7-/49-Across |
| 36% | REALNUMBER | 10 | Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | Castle material that was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2021 |