| 100% | NEITHERONE | 10 | Which came first, the chicken or the egg? |
| 80% | CAME | 4 | "Which ___ first, the chicken or the egg?" |
| 79% | EGG | 3 | Which came first ... this or the chicken? |
| 78% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| 78% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first: The chicken or the ___?" |
| 76% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first, chicken or the ___?" |
| 69% | EGG | 3 | What came first, the chicken or the ___ |
| 69% | EGG | 3 | "What came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| 64% | EGG | 3 | What came first? The ___ or the chicken? |
| 54% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken ... or maybe after? |
| 54% | EGG | 3 | Did it come before the chicken, or after? |
| 50% | EGG | 3 | What came before or after the chicken |
| 48% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken (or maybe after?) |
| 47% | HEN | 3 | The chicken on the egg |
| 46% | JUGGERNAUT | 10 | An overwhelming force or entity, the word for which comes from the Sanskrit word "Jagannatha," a hindu god |
| 45% | EGG | 3 | Option in the unanswerable question "Which came first ..." |
| 43% | EMU | 3 | Creature whose male incubates the eggs, during which it won't eat, drink or defecate for 50+ days |
| 43% | WON | 3 | Came first in battle of the bands |
| 43% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken |
| 42% | EGG | 3 | Did it come before the chicken? |
| 42% | AEDES | 5 | Mosquito genus whose name comes from the Greek for "unpleasant" or "odious", some species of which transmit Zika or dengue |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | Some say it came before the Chicken |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | It may have come before the chicken |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | It might have come before the chicken |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | What might have come before the chicken? |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | It may have come before the chicken? |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken, some say |
| 41% | OUTSET | 6 | First stage or the beginning |
| 41% | PREP | 4 | Debone the chicken or dice the onions, say |
| 40% | HATCHLING | 9 | Chicken just out of the egg |