| 100% | PERT | 4 | Word aptly contained in "impertinent" |
| 67% | ALOHA | 5 | Word that contains the Spanish word for "hi" in reverse, aptly |
| 59% | TAG | 3 | Word aptly hidden in Instagram |
| 59% | LAUD | 4 | Word aptly found in "plaudits" |
| 59% | DENT | 4 | Word aptly hidden in "indentation" |
| 58% | ECON | 4 | Word aptly found in "price control" |
| 58% | EVE | 3 | Word aptly hidden in "evening before" |
| 58% | ORB | 3 | Word aptly hidden in "mirror balls" |
| 58% | MAT | 3 | Word aptly found backward in "tatami" |
| 58% | EDEN | 4 | Word aptly hidden in "unspoiled enclave" |
| 58% | DYE | 3 | Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow" |
| 57% | LED | 3 | Word aptly found in "controlled" and "marshaled" |
| 57% | ARIA | 4 | Word aptly hidden in "Bavarian State Opera" |
| 57% | THEME | 5 | Word aptly hidden in "The Met Gala" |
| 56% | ARIA | 4 | Word aptly hidden in Marian Anderson's name |
| 56% | EGO | 3 | Word aptly hidden in "I've got this!" |
| 54% | BLOCK | 5 | Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language whose name aptly contains the word "tones" |
| 50% | STRENGTHS | 9 | Longest word in English containing only one vowel |
| 49% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 49% | SIN | 3 | Letters missing in the word "TRAN_GRESS_O_," aptly |
| 49% | ANT | 3 | Insect aptly hidden in the word "pantry" |
| 48% | MINIBARS | 8 | Hotel room amenities that would aptly contain this puzzle's seven pint-size words? |
| 48% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 45% | PARTOF | 6 | Contained in |
| 43% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 43% | TOBACCO | 7 | Contained in cigarettes, cigars |
| 43% | OPERA | 5 | Word that aptly fills in these blanks: S_ _rano's p_ _form_nce |
| 42% | EVIL | 4 | Word aptly found within “devilish” |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | Fish contained in unadon |