| 100% | NAME | 4 | "My bologna has a first ___, it's O-S-C-A-R" |
| 56% | EXTENDEDSTAY | 12 | C o r s e t p a r t |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | It has a brief solo in the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth |
| 44% | ITUNESSTORE | 11 | It has a "Complete My Album" service |
| 42% | HBO | 3 | "I have a show; it's on Max ... They used to call it ___, but people found that too popular" (Conan O'Brien quote) |
| 41% | GORE | 4 | Lesley who had a hit with "It's My Party" |
| 41% | PREMIERE | 8 | It's a first |
| 41% | DEBUT | 5 | It's a first |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | It's picked out of a mine |
| 40% | THELAW | 6 | It's said to have a long arm |
| 40% | THEWEEKND | 9 | R&B singer who had a 2015 #1 hit with "Can't Feel My Face" |
| 39% | LIVES | 5 | A cat has nine, it’s said |
| 39% | LAW | 3 | It's said to have a long arm, with "the" |
| 39% | REMIX | 5 | R. Kelly's "Ignition" has a hit one |
| 38% | NOTE | 4 | It may have many X's and O's |
| 38% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | It's not as simple as a), b), c) |
| 38% | USCG | 4 | S O S first responders |
| 37% | ESPN | 4 | Its logo's letters have a stripe running through them |
| 37% | LOVENOTE | 8 | It has its X's and O's |
| 37% | DIBS | 4 | "It's mine, I saw it first!" |
| 37% | BATHTUB | 7 | It might have a ring around it when it's dirty |
| 37% | JOB | 3 | "It's a dirty ___, but someone has to do it" |
| 37% | HADNOPRAYER | 11 | "It's tough finding the right person. My first boyfriend was a perfectly nice atheist, but he ..." |
| 37% | OPENED | 6 | Had a first night in a theater |
| 36% | AFLAC | 5 | It has a duck float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 36% | DAKAR | 5 | Senegal's capital, that has a rally named after it |
| 36% | CENT | 4 | Since 2010 it's had a shield on its back |
| 36% | TOE | 3 | Sock's tip that might have a hole in it |
| 36% | IRS | 3 | Org. whose website has a "Where's My Refund?" section |
| 36% | NEHRU | 5 | India's first prime minister, who has a namesake jacket |