| 100% | SEMORDNILAPS | 12 | Words that form other words when read backward |
| 82% | DESSERTS | 8 | ... that forms another word when read backward |
| 49% | PAT | 3 | Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
| 48% | ETNA | 4 | Mount that's a poker term when read backward |
| 48% | EEL | 3 | Fish that's a first name when read backward |
| 48% | REDRUM | 6 | "The Shining" plot device that became significant when read backward |
| 47% | PAT | 3 | Word that is its own synonym when spelled backward |
| 47% | TAP | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward |
| 47% | PAT | 3 | Word that, when spelled backward, becomes its own synonym |
| 46% | LIAM | 4 | Four-letter name that, when read backward, can be any number of letters |
| 44% | BOOB | 4 | Word meaning "nincompoop" that reads the same forward and backward |
| 44% | PEP | 3 | Word meaning "energy" that reads the same forward and backward |
| 44% | DEED | 4 | Word meaning "action" that reads the same forward and backward |
| 44% | PALINDROME | 10 | Word or phrase that reads the same backward or forward |
| 43% | KOOK | 4 | Word meaning "zany person" that reads the same forward and backward |
| 43% | SAGAS | 5 | Word meaning "long stories" that reads the same forward and backward |
| 41% | INANE | 5 | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| 40% | EEW | 3 | "Wee," when read backwards |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Decade's number, when read backwards |
| 38% | DUH | 3 | Word that retains its meaning when preceded by "no" |
| 38% | ABLE | 4 | Word that retains its meaning when "cap-" is added |
| 38% | IDEST | 5 | That is, in other words |
| 38% | CONGRATS | 8 | Word that appears with confetti when texted on an iPhone |
| 38% | MAY | 3 | Month that spells a vegetable when written backwards |
| 38% | PLEASE | 6 | Magic word that kids often forget when asking |
| 38% | EVIAN | 5 | Water brand that forms a word in reverse |
| 38% | THE | 3 | Word that's ignored when alphabetizing |
| 37% | FIRING | 6 | Word that becomes its opposite when "F" is changed to "H" |
| 37% | ROTUND | 6 | Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed |
| 37% | CTE | 3 | "And so on, so forth," when read backward: Abbr. |