| 100% | TERSE | 5 | Using as few words as possible |
| 54% | TERSE | 5 | Using few words |
| 54% | LACONIC | 7 | Using few words |
| 53% | TERSE | 5 | Very concise, using very few words |
| 53% | SWORD | 5 | Words used as weapon |
| 52% | SWORD | 5 | Words used as a weapon |
| 52% | STOP | 4 | Word once used as punctuation |
| 51% | OBSOLETE | 8 | No longer used, as a word |
| 51% | STOP | 4 | Word used as punctuation in telegrams |
| 51% | MAYDAY | 6 | Word used as a distress signal |
| 51% | DEAR | 4 | Word often used as a letter starter |
| 50% | ROGET | 5 | Word often used as a synonym for "thesaurus" |
| 49% | THEY | 4 | Word increasingly used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun |
| 49% | ASS | 3 | Word that can be used as a postpositive intensifier |
| 49% | MEANT | 5 | Had in mind, as a few words |
| 48% | WHATEVER | 8 | Word used as "who cares" or "as if I care" |
| 48% | ROGET | 5 | Word that is often used as a synonym for "thesaurus" |
| 48% | BOOYAH | 6 | '90s slang word used as a triumphant shout |
| 47% | ARCHAIC | 7 | No longer used, as an ancient word |
| 46% | STET | 4 | Word used as an instruction to ignore a correction on a manuscript |
| 46% | HEDGING | 7 | Using words such as "possibly" or "I think" |
| 45% | LIEU | 4 | Word with three consecutive vowels, used as "in ___ of" to mean "instead of" |
| 44% | PLEASE | 6 | "Magic" word while requesting something that one must use as a guest |
| 44% | ACHE | 4 | Word with "stomach" or "head," used as a common excuse to not go to school |
| 43% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem often used as the first word in the poem's title |
| 42% | WROTEAONESENTENCEWILL | 21 | Calvin Coolidge lived up to his reputation as a man of few words when he … |
| 41% | ODDEST | 6 | As far out as possible |
| 41% | PHARAOH | 7 | Word used to refer to Ancient Egyptian rulers such as Tutankhamun and Ramesses II |
| 40% | ULE | 3 | Suffix that means "diminutive" as used in words like glob or duct |
| 40% | LESS | 4 | Word sometimes used incorrectly for "fewer" |