| 100% | ZEN | 3 | Tranquil and minimalistic philosophy (rhymes with "pen") |
| 51% | ZEN | 3 | Tranquil and minimalistic |
| 44% | DOODLING | 8 | Playing with pen and paper |
| 44% | EPI | 3 | Prefix with Pen and genetics |
| 43% | REDRAW | 6 | Start over with pen and pad |
| 43% | CLASPED | 7 | Held close, rhymes with and means "grasped" |
| 43% | WINE | 4 | Rhymes and goes with "dine" |
| 42% | MASH | 4 | Fortune-telling game played with pen and paper |
| 42% | STEEP | 5 | It rhymes with "cheap" and means the opposite |
| 42% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter that rhymes with beta and zeta |
| 42% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city that rhymes with "keno" and "casino" |
| 42% | OAR | 3 | Boating implement that rhymes with "four" and "more" |
| 42% | THETA | 5 | Greek letter that rhymes with beta and zeta |
| 42% | TUB | 3 | It's often rhymed with "rub" and "dub" |
| 42% | TAO | 3 | Philosophy associated with yin and yang |
| 41% | THETA | 5 | Letter that rhymes with, and follows, zeta and eta |
| 41% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter that rhymes with beta, zeta, and theta |
| 41% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with 34-Across and 21-Down |
| 41% | JEER | 4 | Something that rhymes with, and might accompany, a sneer |
| 41% | RAPBATTLE | 9 | Competition with rhyme and rhythm |
| 40% | IRE | 3 | Feeling that rhymes with "fire" and makes one go red |
| 40% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with the ones before and after it |
| 40% | INKY | 4 | Pac-Man ghost whose name rhymes with Blinky and Pinky |
| 40% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with the letters before and after it |
| 40% | HANGMAN | 7 | Pen and paper game that ends with execution |
| 40% | RASTAPASTA | 10 | Rhyming dish with jerk chicken and bell peppers |
| 40% | APRICOT | 7 | Word rhymed with "yacht" and "gavotte" in "You're So Vain" |
| 39% | POET | 4 | Person who works with rhyme and meter |
| 39% | POETRY | 6 | Literary work with verses and rhyming words |
| 39% | IKE | 3 | Mike and ___ (candy with a rhyming name) |