| 100% | POSE | 4 | "Strike a ___" (first line of Madonna's "Vogue") |
| 68% | RUBADUBDUB | 10 | First line of a nursery rhyme |
| 68% | IAMSAM | 6 | First line of a Seuss classic |
| 67% | ITWOULDBEASHAME | 15 | First line of a three-line poem |
| 67% | NAME | 4 | First line of a mailing address, usually |
| 66% | NOSHIRT | 7 | First line of a three-line eatery sign |
| 66% | MOAT | 4 | First line of defense built around a castle |
| 66% | IAMSAM | 6 | First line of a classic Dr. Seuss book |
| 66% | TICTACTOEISAMID | 15 | First line of a couplet pertinent to this puzzle |
| 63% | FRONTROW | 8 | The first line of seats at a stadium or theater |
| 61% | HEYDIDDLEDIDDLE | 15 | First line of a nursery rhyme about the cow that jumped over the moon |
| 60% | PILOT | 5 | First in a long line of sitcoms? |
| 58% | UPC | 3 | Lines first used on a pack of Wrigley's gum: Abbr. |
| 58% | POSE | 4 | “Strike a ___” (line that opens Madonna’s “Vogue”) |
| 57% | MOOCOW | 6 | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 57% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | The first line of Shakespeare's Hamlet |
| 57% | HEARSE | 6 | First in a line of cars |
| 56% | IVANI | 5 | First in a line of Russian princes |
| 56% | JOHNI | 5 | First in a line of 23 popes |
| 56% | IVANI | 5 | First in a line of Russian autocrats |
| 56% | LEOI | 4 | First in a line of 13 popes |
| 56% | LEOI | 4 | First in a line of 14 popes |
| 55% | IVANI | 5 | First in a line of Russian grand princes |
| 55% | LOOKATME | 8 | First line of "Misty" |
| 55% | PLANA | 5 | First line of attack |
| 55% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 54% | ACROSTIC | 8 | The first letter of each line spells a word |
| 54% | ASIDE | 5 | Line of dialogue directed at a play's audience |
| 54% | LEOI | 4 | First pope in a line of 13 |
| 54% | CIA | 3 | ''The Nation's first line of defense'' |