| 100% | INWAR | 5 | "First ___ …" (Washington) |
| 100% | MARTHASVINEYARD | 15 | First lady Washington's winemaking operation? |
| 98% | NBW | 3 | First bank established in Washington, DC: Abbr. |
| 98% | ICHABOD | 7 | First name in a Washington Irving story |
| 98% | MARTHA | 6 | First name of George Washington's wife |
| 98% | DANDRIDGE | 9 | First lady Martha Washington's maiden name |
| 97% | GEORGEANDMARTHA | 15 | Washingtons, the first First Family |
| 96% | MARTHA | 6 | First name of George Washington's First Lady |
| 95% | MARTHA | 6 | ___ Washington (first US First Lady) |
| 94% | KNOX | 4 | Washington's first secretary of war |
| 92% | GEORGE | 6 | __ Washington was the first US president |
| 91% | CUSTIS | 6 | Martha Washington's first husband |
| 91% | WALLSTREET | 10 | Where Washington was first inaugurated |
| 89% | RUM | 3 | Washington ordered it for his first inaugural party |
| 88% | HELENNASH | 9 | First Black woman to work at Washington University School of Medicine |
| 84% | LTGEN | 5 | Geo. Washington was the U.S.'s first |
| 81% | PATENT | 6 | George Washington signed America's first one in 1790 |
| 81% | GLORY | 5 | Film for which Denzel Washington won his first Oscar |
| 80% | PRESIDENT | 9 | First ever head-of-the-government position that George Washington held for 8 years |
| 79% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds. |
| 79% | ALOHABOWL | 9 | The University of Washington won the first one in 1982 |
| 77% | FAUCI | 5 | Health official throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' opening day |
| 70% | RYANZIMMERMAN | 13 | Washington Nationals infielder who was the team's first ever draft pick in 2005 (2 wds.) |
| 67% | APT | 3 | Like the name of Justice Mary Yu, officiant of the first same-sex marriages in Washington State |
| 65% | TEC | 3 | Religious org. of Rev. Cameron Partridge, first openly transgender priest to preach at Washington's Natl. Cathedral (2014) |
| 65% | NED | 3 | Lyricist Washington |
| 65% | NED | 3 | Songwriter Washington |
| 65% | DINAH | 5 | Singer Washington |
| 65% | MARTHA | 6 | One Washington |
| 65% | BOOKER | 6 | Educator washington |