| 100% | STANDARDTIME | 12 | *It's divided into four zones in the contiguous U.S. states |
| 45% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 44% | ZODIAC | 6 | Belt-shaped zone in the sky divided into 12 signs |
| 43% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state |
| 42% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state (Abbr.) |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State with four of the 100 largest cities in the US |
| 42% | MICHIGAN | 8 | Lake __, is shared by four states in the US |
| 42% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | U.S. state in the Corn Belt |
| 40% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 40% | IOWA | 4 | Besides Ohio and Utah, the only state with four letters in its name |
| 40% | MOUNTRUSHMORE | 13 | Iconic site in South Dakota, that features the heads of four U.S. presidents carved into the mountain: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 39% | NATO | 4 | The U.S. is in it |
| 39% | MASS | 4 | Boston is the Capital of this US State in the northeastern U.S. |
| 39% | ANI | 3 | What the names of three contiguous U.S. states begin with |
| 39% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 39% | ATM | 3 | It's called a cashpoint in the U.K. |
| 39% | KEROSENE | 8 | It's called paraffin oil in the U.K. |
| 39% | NEW | 3 | Word in four U.S. state names |
| 39% | LSD | 3 | The U.S. banned it in 1967 |
| 39% | LSD | 3 | The U.S. banned it in 1968 |
| 39% | WWII | 4 | The U.S. entered it in 1941 |
| 39% | WWI | 3 | The U.S. joined it in 1917 |
| 39% | WWII | 4 | The U.S. joined it in 1941 |
| 38% | DDT | 3 | It's been banned in the U.S. since 1972 |
| 38% | OAS | 3 | The U.S. and Can. are in it |
| 38% | UTAH | 4 | Salt flats state in the U.S.A |
| 38% | WWI | 3 | The U.S. joined it in 1917: Abbr. |
| 38% | SURINAME | 8 | It comes first in China, but second in the U.S. |