| 100% | BLUESTONE | 9 | Variety of basalt found in Victoria, Australia, used as a building stone |
| 37% | SILICA | 6 | Oxide found in quartz and used as a flow agent |
| 36% | GELT | 4 | Coins used as currency in a game of dreidel |
| 35% | FULLCOURT | 9 | Using all of a gym, as in basketball |
| 35% | NEPTUNESTRIDENT | 15 | Mythological weapon that SpongeBob unwittingly uses as a spatula, in an episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” |
| 35% | SAMPLE | 6 | Use a portion of, as one song in another |
| 35% | BACTRIAN | 8 | — camel, creature with two humps used as a beast of burden in deserts of central Asia |
| 35% | CITRIC | 6 | — acid, substance found in many fruits used as a flavouring |
| 34% | PIGEON | 6 | Type of bird used as a messenger in WWII |
| 34% | BENTO | 5 | Type of box used as a lunch container in Japan |
| 33% | LOG | 3 | Large piece of wood that may be used in building a cabin |
| 32% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a bibliography |
| 32% | PIMIENTO | 8 | Variety of red sweet pepper used as a stuffing for green olives |
| 32% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a research paper |
| 32% | SHERRY | 6 | Type of wine used as an ingredient in a classic trifle |
| 31% | PEG | 3 | Piece used as a marker in Battleship |
| 31% | OKRA | 4 | Vegetable used as a thickener in gumbo |
| 31% | SUPPER | 6 | Sometimes used as a synonym of dinner |
| 31% | DELTA | 5 | Letter used as a symbol of change |
| 31% | HOUSE | 5 | Building used as a home |
| 31% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 31% | PERIDOT | 7 | Pale green transparent variety of olivine used as a gemstone |
| 31% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Plant starch used as a thickener in sauces |
| 31% | LAMPBLACK | 9 | Soot used as a pigment in paints, inks |
| 31% | BATTLEAXE | 9 | Broadax used as a weapon of war (hyphenated) |
| 31% | RESERVOIR | 9 | Lake used as a source of water supply |
| 31% | BISTORT | 7 | Plant with a spike of small pink flowers whose root is used in medicine as an astringent |
| 31% | LIMA | 4 | Variety of bean used in succotash |
| 31% | PAWNED | 6 | Used as security, in a way |
| 31% | HOTEL | 5 | Found in a game of Monopoly |