| 100% | ITSHOHOHOPELESS | 15 | What Santa said when the reindeer went on strike on Christmas Eve? |
| 43% | NODRAMA | 7 | Words for when the actors go on strike |
| 40% | CAROLED | 7 | Went door-to-door on Christmas Eve, say |
| 40% | IMHOHOHOME | 10 | What Santa says around dawn on Christmas Day? |
| 40% | HOHOHOLYSMOKES | 14 | What Santa said when going down a chimney that had a lit fireplace? |
| 39% | SLEEP | 5 | What Santa doesn't get much of on Christmas Eve |
| 36% | AIRTIMES | 8 | When the shows go on |
| 36% | AIRTIME | 7 | When the show goes on |
| 35% | URN | 3 | What Jeff Probst holds when he goes to "tally the votes" on "Survivor" |
| 35% | DRUMSOLO | 8 | When the beat goes on ... and on ... and on? |
| 35% | LANDHOHOHO | 10 | What Santa said when his sleigh touched down? |
| 34% | EKGS | 4 | What the beats go on |
| 34% | NOELFLYZONES | 12 | Santa's routes on Christmas Eve? |
| 33% | SIC | 3 | Word that may be used often when reporting on what the President says |
| 33% | HELLO | 5 | What you say when answering the phone |
| 33% | TIVO | 4 | What may ensure the show goes on? |
| 33% | SOOTY | 5 | Like Santa on Christmas Eve? |
| 33% | SNAIL | 5 | "What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!" |
| 33% | SLEIGH | 6 | Santa's method of transport on Christmas Eve |
| 33% | SLEEPDEBT | 9 | What builds up when the rest is gone? |
| 33% | CHIMNEY | 7 | Entryway for Santa on Christmas Eve |
| 33% | PEEK | 4 | Be naughty on Christmas Eve, say |
| 33% | WGA | 3 | Org. that went on strike over what its leaders called “existential issues,” including residuals and the use of generative A.I. (May-September, 2023) |
| 32% | STOP | 4 | What you do when the traffic light goes red |
| 32% | LANDHO | 6 | What one might say when the coast is clear? |
| 32% | FULL | 4 | Like Santa's bag on Christmas Eve |
| 32% | SAMEOLD | 7 | Unexciting response to "What's going on?," when said twice: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SHEPHERD | 8 | The —, 1975 Frederick Forsyth novella set on Christmas Eve 1957 |
| 32% | FASTS | 5 | Goes on a hunger strike, say |
| 32% | GIFT | 4 | What one receives on Christmas, say |