| 100% | COBRA | 5 | "G.I. Joe: The Rise of ___" (2009 movie) |
| 77% | JOE | 3 | "G.I. ___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 action movie) |
| 75% | COBRA | 5 | "G.I. Joe: The Rise of ___" |
| 71% | JOE | 3 | "G.I. ___: The Rise of Cobra," 2009 film |
| 64% | JOE | 3 | "G.I. ___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 film) |
| 58% | SIENNA | 6 | With 36-Across, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" actress who plays Chris Kyle's wife in "American Sniper" |
| 57% | RETALIATION | 11 | "G.I. Joe: ___" ("G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" sequel that opened Friday) |
| 57% | COMMAND | 7 | Cobra __, fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe team |
| 54% | STORY | 5 | "The ___ of G.I. Joe," 1945 film starring Burgess Meredith, now preserved in the National Film Registry |
| 52% | GIJOE | 5 | "___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 action film): 2 wds. |
| 52% | BIDEN | 5 | Joe —, vice president of the United States from 2009-17 |
| 52% | SOSAD | 5 | "The ending of the movie was __, I cried": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PESCI | 5 | Actor Joe of the "Lethal Weapon" movies |
| 50% | MAINFRAME | 9 | G.I. Joe's communications expert as of 1986 |
| 49% | REN | 3 | The Rise of Skywalker villain |
| 49% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___: The Rise of Skywalker," 2019 movie where Leia's younger self was featured using unreleased footage from "The Force Awakens" |
| 49% | BEHRENS | 7 | Peter —, Hamburg-born architect of the I G Farben Offices in Frankfurt |
| 49% | INDIGO | 6 | The "i" of Roy G. Biv |
| 48% | GRU | 3 | "Minions: The Rise of ___" |
| 48% | GRU | 3 | "Minions: The Rise of __" |
| 48% | EVA | 3 | Actress Noblezada of the 2020 movie "Yellow Rose" and the Broadway musical "Hadestown" |
| 48% | DEAD | 4 | "Shaun of the ___," movie which features Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" |
| 48% | APES | 4 | "Rise of the Planet of the ___" (2011 movie) |
| 48% | APES | 4 | "Rise of the Planet of the ___," 2011 movie |
| 48% | CAIRO | 5 | "The Purple Rose of ___" (Woody Allen movie) |
| 48% | GIJOE | 5 | "___: The Rise of Cobra": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WARS | 4 | "Star ____: The Rise of Skywalker" |
| 48% | STAR | 4 | "___ Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" |
| 48% | WARS | 4 | "Star __: The Rise of Skywalker" |
| 48% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___: The Rise of Skywalker" |