| 100% | DUM | 3 | "___ spiro, spero" (motto of South Carolina) |
| 99% | DUM | 3 | "____ spiro, spero" (motto of South Carolina) |
| 91% | SPIRO | 5 | "Dum ___ Spero," motto of South Carolina |
| 81% | DUM | 3 | "___ spiro spero" (South Carolina motto) |
| 62% | WREN | 4 | Small brown songbird of South Carolina |
| 62% | WRENS | 5 | Small brown birds of South Carolina |
| 60% | WREN | 4 | Small, brown songbird of South Carolina |
| 60% | PALMETTO | 8 | Symbol of south carolina |
| 60% | STROM | 5 | Thurmond of South Carolina |
| 59% | COLUMBIA | 8 | The capital of South Carolina |
| 59% | WREN | 4 | Brown songbird of South Carolina |
| 59% | BERMUDA | 7 | Island east of South Carolina |
| 59% | WRENS | 5 | Brown songbirds of South Carolina |
| 59% | PALMETTOS | 9 | State trees of South Carolina |
| 59% | WREN | 4 | Small songbird of South Carolina |
| 59% | PALMETTO | 8 | State tree of South Carolina |
| 59% | WREN | 4 | Tiny songbird of South Carolina |
| 58% | SPERO | 5 | "Dum Spiro ___" (South Carolina motto) |
| 58% | PORTROYALSOUND | 14 | Part of South Carolina's coastline |
| 58% | COLUMBIA | 8 | State capital of South Carolina, US |
| 56% | COLUMBIA | 8 | University in New York; capital of South Carolina |
| 56% | WRENS | 5 | Images on the backs of South Carolina quarters |
| 56% | WRENS | 5 | Birds on the backs of South Carolina quarters |
| 55% | WRENS | 5 | Songbirds that are the state birds of South Carolina |
| 51% | WREN | 4 | Carolina ___ (state bird of South Carolina) |
| 48% | NIKKIHALEY | 10 | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of South Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALIYAHBOSTON | 12 | University of South Carolina power forward/center who was honored with the 2022 Wade Trophy (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ESSE | 4 | Start of North Carolina's motto |
| 46% | STEVESPURRIER | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ESSE | 4 | First word of North Carolina's motto |