| 100% | FOR | 3 | Word that comes before Dummies in the titles of well over 300 books |
| 39% | STEPS | 5 | Word in the title of many self-help books |
| 38% | SLUMDOG | 7 | Coined word in the title of 2008's Best Picture |
| 36% | ACHY | 4 | First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing |
| 36% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 35% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 35% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 35% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 35% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 35% | 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" |
| 34% | MONEY | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1976 ABBA song that says "It's a rich man's world" |
| 34% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 34% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 34% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 34% | HITS | 4 | Word in the titles of lots of compilation albums |
| 34% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 34% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 34% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 33% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 33% | KWAI | 4 | River in the title of the '57 blockbuster that won 7 Oscars |
| 33% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom" (phrase in the title of a book of quotes, maybe) |
| 33% | EMCEE | 5 | Word that comes from the initials of "master of ceremonies" |
| 33% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 33% | ARLES | 5 | Word in the title of many a van Gogh painting |
| 33% | OPERA | 5 | Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show |
| 33% | FAIL | 4 | Word in the title of many an embarrassing YouTube video |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 33% | COMIC | 5 | Word that can come before book or strip, or a nickname of WWI's Sopwith Camel biplane, or one who will merely stand-up |
| 33% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 33% | EBB | 3 | Word that comes from the Old English for "falling of the tide" |