| 100% | OYSTER | 6 | The world, according to Pistol, in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 64% | GARTERINN | 9 | Tavern in The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 63% | GARTER | 6 | The inn in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 62% | FENTON | 6 | Anne's fave suitor in The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 59% | DOCTORCAIUS | 11 | French physician in William Shakespeare stage comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 58% | TRYST | 5 | Event in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 58% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Page, woman in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 57% | ROBIN | 5 | Falstaff's page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 54% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 |
| 50% | CREATION | 8 | Making of the world according to the Bible |
| 49% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century, according to an ABC Wide World of Sports poll in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 48% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 46% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 46% | HADST | 5 | "___ thou not fifteen pence?": "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 46% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 45% | ALI | 3 | Sportsman of the Century, according to "Sports Illustrated" in 1999 |
| 45% | ASIA | 4 | Continent home to four of the five most populous countries in the world |
| 45% | INSECTS | 7 | About 80% of the world's species, according to the Smithsonian |
| 44% | MOMTOK | 6 | Social-media clique central to the drama in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives |
| 44% | ART | 3 | “The only serious thing in the world,” according to Oscar Wilde |
| 44% | SKY | 3 | "Scanner" lead-in to mean one of the biggest travel booking sites in the world |
| 44% | CHINA | 5 | Home to eight of the ten highest bridges in the world |
| 43% | MARK | 4 | ___ Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, which is the fifth most valuable brand according to Forbes in 2019 |
| 43% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Bezos, founder of Amazon, which is the fourth most valuable brand according to Forbes in 2019 |
| 43% | MONDE | 5 | The world according to Arp |
| 43% | ERE | 3 | "Take heed, ___ summer comes or cuckoo-birds do sing": "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 43% | JOSHGIBSON | 10 | The greatest slugger in the Negro leagues, according to his Hall of Fame plaque |
| 43% | LAZARUS | 7 | Resurrected brother of Mary and Martha in the Gospel According to John |
| 43% | NOOL | 4 | According to the Sour Kangaroo, Horton was "the biggest blame fool in the jungle of ___" |