| 100% | ELEPHANTTRUNK | 13 | What a blind man mistakes for a snake, in a fable |
| 44% | GRAPE | 5 | Fruit for a fox in a fable |
| 43% | CROWCONTROL | 11 | *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? |
| 42% | EEL | 3 | It may be mistaken for a snake |
| 42% | EEL | 3 | Fish that might be mistaken for a snake |
| 41% | SOUL | 4 | "Or what shall a man give in exchange for his ___?": Mark 8:37 |
| 41% | BADHAREDAY | 10 | Tough time for the loser in a fabled race? |
| 40% | ALVA | 4 | What A stands for in Thomas A. Edison |
| 40% | TUTU | 4 | What one might go for a spin in? |
| 40% | TASTE | 5 | What "there's no accounting for," in a saying |
| 40% | EEL | 3 | Fish sometimes mistaken for a sea snake |
| 40% | SAHIB | 5 | Polite address for a man in India |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | What A stands for in poker |
| 39% | EEL | 3 | Fish that might be mistaken for a sea snake |
| 39% | ALIBI | 5 | What "A is for," in a Sue Grafton book |
| 39% | EXAM | 4 | What a student crams in preparation for |
| 39% | SILENCE | 7 | What a teacher asks for in class |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | What a server strives for, in tennis |
| 39% | NODRAMA | 7 | What most hope for in a relationship |
| 38% | UNDERTOW | 8 | What "U Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 38% | INNOCENT | 8 | What "I Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 38% | HOMICIDE | 8 | What "H Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 38% | UFO | 3 | What a weather balloon might be mistaken for |
| 38% | ONESTOPSHOP | 11 | What has a lot in store for you? |
| 38% | BOLD | 4 | What B stands for in a word processor |
| 38% | POS | 3 | What "+" means in a blood type, for short |
| 38% | ARE | 3 | What "R" may stand for in a text |
| 38% | MAGICBEANS | 10 | What Jack got in exchange for a cow, in a children's story |
| 38% | VIPER | 5 | Dodge model, named for a snake, that ended production in 2017 |
| 38% | UFO | 3 | What a high-altitude balloon might be mistaken for |