| 100% | KRAV | 4 | ___ Maga (self-defense developed by the Israeli army) |
| 59% | UZI | 3 | Gun used by the Israeli army |
| 44% | ATOMIC | 6 | Bomb developed by the Manhattan Project |
| 44% | SAT | 3 | Exam developed by the College Board |
| 44% | AQI | 3 | Pollution metric developed by the EPA |
| 43% | KRAVMAGA | 8 | Self-defense system developed by Imi Lichtenfeld |
| 43% | ATOMIC | 6 | Bomb developed by the Allies in 1945 |
| 42% | METS | 4 | Baseball team supported by the 7 Line Army |
| 41% | MORTWALKER | 10 | Cartoonist honored by the Army |
| 41% | RAIDS | 5 | Sudden assaults by the army |
| 40% | WECHAT | 6 | Online messaging and payment application developed by the Chinese company Tencent |
| 40% | INT | 3 | Football pass caught by the defense: Abbr. |
| 39% | FORTRAN | 7 | Computer language developed by IBM in the 1950s |
| 39% | BUTT | 4 | The —, 2008 novel by Will Self |
| 39% | FRIDAS | 6 | Self-portrait by Kahlo, The Two __ |
| 39% | ASDIC | 5 | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two World Wars |
| 39% | NEUROTYPICALS | 13 | Neologism developed by the autism community to describe those not on the spectrum |
| 38% | WATERLOO | 8 | Battle won by the UK against the Napoleonic army |
| 38% | MILITARY | 8 | Armed forces headed up by the secretary of defense |
| 38% | FRIDAS | 6 | The Two __, double self-portrait by Kahlo |
| 38% | ASDIC | 5 | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two world wars (inits) |
| 37% | MEN | 3 | “I Hate ___” (treatise by the self-described misandrist Pauline Harmange) |
| 37% | BEALLYOUCANBE | 13 | Slogan introduced by the U.S. Army in 1980 (5 wds.) |
| 37% | CHERAMI | 7 | Male homing pigeon used by the U.S. Army in WWI |
| 37% | BORDER | 6 | Self-Portrait on the __ of Mexico, by Frida Kahlo |
| 37% | MINDSET | 7 | Self-help podcast by Rob Dial, The __ Mentor |
| 35% | CHROME | 6 | Cross-platform Internet browser developed by Google which has the largest market share |
| 35% | LEVEES | 6 | New Orleans infrastructure rebuilt by the Army Corps of Engineers after Hurricane Katrina |
| 35% | BOLA | 4 | Weighted weapon used by the Inca army |
| 35% | TASER | 5 | Product developed by a NASA researcher originally known as the "Tom Swift Electric Rifle" |