| 100% | MITT | 4 | 2012 election name |
| 61% | OBAMACARE | 9 | 2012 election issue |
| 58% | ROMNEY | 6 | 2012 election runner-up Mitt |
| 54% | ADDMITTSDEFEAT | 14 | Update Wikipedia after the 2012 election? |
| 52% | RYAN | 4 | Name on 2012 campaign posters |
| 52% | RYAN | 4 | Name on a 2012 ticket |
| 52% | ROMNEY | 6 | Name on the 2012 ticket |
| 51% | OBAMA | 5 | Election victor of 2008 and 2012 |
| 48% | JOEBIDEN | 8 | Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 2012 election: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NEWT | 4 | First name in the 2012 Republican primary |
| 46% | ANG | 3 | First name of 2012's Best Director |
| 45% | INDIANAFEVER | 12 | 2012 WNBA champions named for high body temperature: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DEBATE | 6 | Event a few weeks before the 2012 presidential election |
| 44% | TED | 3 | 2012 film about a living teddy bear of the same name |
| 43% | PSY | 3 | Stage name for 2012 singing sensation Park Jae-sang |
| 43% | REP | 3 | ConservAmerica's former name from 1995 to 2012 (abbr.) |
| 42% | THEMASTER | 9 | 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson classic named for an epithet of Lancaster Dodd |
| 42% | PSY | 3 | Stage name for 2012 singing sensation Park Jae-sang: Abbr. |
| 41% | NATESILVER | 10 | 2012 presidential election forecaster who wrote "The Signal and the Noise": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PUTIN | 5 | International leader who had a street named after him in Bethlehem in 2012 |
| 37% | UTAH | 4 | State that voted Republican by the highest percentage (73%) in the 2012 presidential election |
| 37% | LALALA | 6 | First song released under the 15-Across name, on July 20, 2012: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ORENA | 5 | Fans' affectionate name for the NBA Magic's one-time home, imploded in 2012 |
| 36% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "The Vow" star named People's Sexiest Man Alive in November 2012: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SNOOPLION | 9 | What singer/rapper Calvin Broadus changed his stage name to in July 2012: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Former Cavaliers forward named MVP of the 2012, 2013, and 2016 NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PEN | 3 | __ name |
| 34% | MAIDEN | 6 | __ name |
| 34% | TROTT | 5 | Laura —, birth name of Team GB cyclist who won Olympic gold in 2012, 2016 and 2020 |
| 34% | KEIRA | 5 | Top-billed name in ''Anna Karenina'' (2012) |