| 100% | NEB | 3 | #9 on U.S. News & World Report's "Best States" list: Abbr. |
| 80% | FLA | 3 | #1 in U.S. News & World Report's Best States for Education list: Abbr. |
| 58% | YALE | 4 | It's #3 on the U.S. News and World Report list of top American universities |
| 41% | GPA | 3 | A good one could get you on the Dean's List: Abbr. |
| 40% | ANNAPOLIS | 9 | Alphabetically second on a list of U.S. state capitals |
| 39% | MARLENE | 7 | #9 name on AFI's best actresses list |
| 37% | IPO | 3 | New listing on Wall Street, say: Abbr. |
| 37% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Novelist whose "Princess Daisy" spent five weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Novelist whose "The Covenant" spent nine weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | US vice president and #3 on Forbes's 2020 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROBERTLUDLUM | 12 | Novelist whose "The Bourne Identity" spent 16 weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CONN | 4 | New Haven’s state: Abbr. |
| 36% | RUS | 3 | U.S.S.R. state: Abbr. |
| 35% | CONN | 4 | New Haven's state: Abbr. |
| 35% | DEL | 3 | Small U.S. state: abbr. |
| 35% | IOWA | 4 | It follows Indiana on an alphabetical list of US states |
| 34% | TERR | 4 | Abbr. on old U.S. maps |
| 34% | WPA | 3 | Oldest advocacy group for females in the US (since 1845) focusing on New York State and criminal justice issues (abbr.) |
| 34% | CST | 3 | Setting for 10 U.S. states: Abbr. |
| 34% | ORE | 3 | State on California's northern border: Abbr. |
| 34% | FDR | 3 | U.S President on a dime: Abbr. |
| 34% | FDR | 3 | U.S. president on a dime: Abbr. |
| 34% | EYEDPEAS | 8 | Black ___, eaten on New Year's Day in Southern United States to bring good fortune in the new year: 2 wds. |
| 33% | FDR | 3 | U.S. President during World War II: Abbr. |
| 33% | FLA | 3 | Walt Disney World's state: Abbr. |
| 33% | ALA | 3 | First U.S. state alphabetically: Abbr. |
| 33% | ALA | 3 | First U.S. state, alphabetically: Abbr. |
| 33% | DST | 3 | 48 U.S. states observe it: Abbr. |
| 33% | FLA | 3 | Flattest state in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 32% | AMER | 4 | New World abbr. |