| 100% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird is said to catch |
| 62% | WORM | 4 | Early bird's catch, according to the saying |
| 58% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird catches? |
| 57% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird gets, in a saying |
| 55% | CHARM | 5 | What the third time is said to be |
| 49% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 49% | WAR | 3 | What truth is said to be the first casualty of |
| 48% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird gets |
| 47% | PEN | 3 | What's said to be "mightier than the sword" |
| 47% | CATCHES | 7 | What the early bird does with the worm |
| 47% | CHOOSERS | 8 | What beggars can't be, according to the saying |
| 46% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 46% | QUELEA | 6 | African bird said to be the Earth's most numerous |
| 45% | COMSAT | 6 | Early Bird was the first one |
| 45% | TOOSOON | 7 | "It's ___ to say what will happen" (before the proper time): 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEER | 4 | Animal sometimes said to be "caught in the headlights" |
| 44% | WORM | 4 | "The early bird catches the ___" |
| 44% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 44% | SKY | 3 | It is said to be the limit |
| 44% | THEWORM | 7 | It's the early bird that catches __ |
| 43% | ATE | 3 | Had the early bird special, say |
| 43% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 43% | HEL | 3 | Female being said to rule the Norse underworld |
| 43% | AGER | 4 | What the sun is, to skin |
| 43% | JAW | 3 | What the teeth are connected to |
| 43% | COPPERCOIN | 10 | What the penny used to be |
| 42% | WINDOWS | 7 | Eyes are said to be the __ to the soul |
| 42% | WIT | 3 | Brevity is said to be the soul of it |
| 42% | FATE | 4 | It is said to be written in the stars |
| 42% | PEN | 3 | It is said to be mightier than the sword |