| 100% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 49% | SCRUTINY | 8 | Word that comes from the Late Latin word meaning "those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value" |
| 48% | EMCEE | 5 | Word that comes from the initials of "master of ceremonies" |
| 46% | EBB | 3 | Word that comes from the Old English for "falling of the tide" |
| 45% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 45% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 44% | AMARILLO | 8 | City that's the title of an Emmylou Harris song |
| 43% | OUI | 3 | French 101 word that's also the title of a Jeremih song |
| 43% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 43% | UVEA | 4 | Part of the eye that comes from the Latin word for 'grape' |
| 43% | CAMERA | 6 | Name for an instrument that comes from the Latin word for "chamber" |
| 41% | AGHA | 4 | Old Istanbul bigwig's title that comes from the word for "elder brother" |
| 40% | ATOM | 4 | Word that comes from the Greek for "indivisible" |
| 40% | ATHEIST | 7 | Word that comes from the Greek for "godless" |
| 40% | DIVA | 4 | Word that comes from the Latin for “goddess” |
| 40% | TEPEE | 5 | Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling" |
| 40% | ACHY | 4 | First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing |
| 40% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | Title song from the 1971 album that Rolling Stone named the greatest of all time |
| 40% | RUMP | 4 | Beef cut that comes from the rear portion of a cow |
| 40% | ORAN | 4 | Port name that comes from the Berber for "place of lions" |
| 40% | APRON | 5 | Word that comes from the Latin for "little napkin" |
| 40% | CINNAMON | 8 | Spice that comes from the bark of a tree |
| 40% | AGONY | 5 | Word that comes from a Greek term meaning “the struggle to win a contest” |
| 40% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 39% | FOR | 3 | Word that comes before Dummies in the titles of well over 300 books |
| 39% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 39% | RAPGOD | 6 | Eminem song which holds the world record for most words in a hit single with an average of 4.28 words per second: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OLEG | 4 | Eastern European name that comes from a word meaning “holy” |
| 38% | MOON | 4 | "Man on the ___," 1999 biographical comedy film starring Jim Carrey, that took its title from an R.E.M. song |
| 38% | MONEY | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1976 ABBA song that says "It's a rich man's world" |