| 100% | OWN | 3 | "Tell us, in your ___ words ..." |
| 62% | USE | 3 | "___ your words!" (phrase heard in kindergarten, perhaps) |
| 61% | STUTTER | 7 | Stumble over your words in a speech |
| 60% | NEW | 3 | Word in four US state names |
| 60% | PAST | 4 | Word used in telling time, sometimes |
| 59% | WETRUST | 7 | In God __ wording appears on US coins |
| 59% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | Word in several U.S. state names |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | Word in four U.S. state names |
| 59% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | Word in 4 U.S. state names |
| 59% | CAROLINA | 8 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 59% | NORTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 59% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 58% | PERHAPS | 7 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song with the lyrics "If you can't make your mind up / We'll never get started" |
| 58% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 57% | NOR | 3 | Word in the U.S. Postal Service motto |
| 57% | REDLIGHTS | 9 | In traffic, these tell you to stop your car |
| 57% | ALFA | 4 | Word for A in the US NATO Phonetic Alphabet |
| 57% | SAN | 3 | Word before Jose or Antonio in US place names |
| 56% | LAND | 4 | Word that fills both blanks in "This ___ is your ___" |
| 56% | SELL | 4 | Word in an urgent text from your broker, maybe |
| 56% | ALOHA | 5 | Welcoming word in one U.S. state |
| 55% | ELM | 3 | Word in more than 5,000 U.S. street names |
| 55% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 55% | RAILROAD | 8 | Another word for train track in the US |
| 55% | NOR | 3 | Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed |
| 55% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |
| 55% | ASIF | 4 | "In your dreams!" (2 words) |
| 54% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |