| 100% | PRIMA | 5 | ___ volta (at the first occurrence, in music) |
| 61% | RAP | 3 | Music genre first honored at the Grammys in 1989 |
| 60% | ATEMPO | 6 | At the original speed, in music |
| 60% | ATEMPO | 6 | At the previous pace, in music |
| 57% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence in the moon's first quarter |
| 54% | ORIG | 4 | At first, in the OED |
| 54% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 54% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence at the moon's first quarter |
| 52% | ELSA | 4 | First name of the Baroness in "The Sound of Music" |
| 51% | WAMPANOAG | 9 | Native People at the Pilgrims' first harvest celebration in 1621, which inspired Thanksgiving |
| 51% | RHODA | 5 | First TV show to debut at #1 in the Nielsen ratings |
| 51% | DJS | 3 | People in charge of the music, at parties : Abbr. |
| 51% | DORITOS | 7 | Snack brand first produced at Disneyland in the 1960s |
| 50% | MICHAELJACKSON | 14 | Pop singer whose hologram performed at the Billboard Music Awards in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MBA | 3 | The program for obtaining this degree was first established at Harvard in 1908 |
| 49% | CLEF | 4 | In music, a symbol normally placed at the beginning of a line of music to indicate the pitch |
| 49% | MARYMARTIN | 10 | First Maria in ''The Sound of Music'' |
| 47% | DEBBIEHARRY | 11 | Lead singer of Blondie who received the first Billboard Women in Music Icon Award, in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TANGLE | 6 | Confusion at the first corner |
| 47% | MRT | 3 | Headliner at the first WrestleMania |
| 46% | XGAMES | 6 | 2013 competition where Mitchie Brusco became the first person to land a 1080 at in the Big Air event |
| 46% | LIESL | 5 | First-born daughter in "The Sound of Music" |
| 46% | RUBENXAUS | 9 | First Spanish rider to win a race in the Superbike World Championship; at Oschersleben, Germany, in 2001 |
| 46% | PILGRIM | 7 | Early American at the first Thanksgiving |
| 46% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 46% | LALA | 4 | 2021 song by Alicia Keys and Swae Lee performed live for the first time at the MTV Video Music Awards |
| 46% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | Singer-songwriter who sang "Both Sides Now" at the 2024 Grammy Awards in her first-ever Grammy performance (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DOY | 3 | "No ___", first commercial release, in 1996, by "moe", the jam band formed at UB in 1989 |
| 45% | TORNADO | 7 | Occurrence in the film "Twister" |
| 45% | TREBLE | 6 | In music, the higher clef |