| 100% | AREACODE | 8 | 406, for the entire state of Montana |
| 48% | HOTLANTA | 8 | Nickname for the capital of the Peach State |
| 48% | HOS | 3 | Abbreviation for the office of head of state |
| 48% | ORIOLES | 7 | MLB team named for the state bird of Maryland |
| 48% | DOWNEAST | 8 | One nickname for the state of Maine (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ARTICLEIV | 9 | It includes provision for the admission of new states |
| 47% | SPEECH | 6 | The State of the Union, for one |
| 47% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 47% | AXISOFEVIL | 10 | Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address |
| 46% | VIGILANCE | 9 | The state of keeping an eye out for problems |
| 46% | ALA | 3 | Alphabetically, the first state of USA, for short |
| 45% | CALI | 4 | State where the Daughters of Bilitis was founded, for short |
| 45% | OKLA | 4 | "Land of the Red Man" state, for short |
| 45% | HIDALGO | 7 | State named for the "Father of Mexican Independence" |
| 45% | RANI | 4 | Title for the State of Jhansi's leader, prior to the British Raj |
| 45% | DEEP | 4 | & 8A Name for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina |
| 45% | SOCAL | 5 | Nickname for the lower portion of the Golden State |
| 45% | TERR | 4 | Land under the jurisdiction of a state, for short |
| 45% | ABE | 3 | Nickname for the 16th President of the United States |
| 43% | TLAXCALA | 8 | Mexican state named for a pre-Columbian enemy of the Aztecs |
| 43% | IDA | 3 | State to the west of Montana: Abbr. |
| 43% | OKIE | 4 | Resident of the Sooner State, for short |
| 43% | NATL | 4 | For the entire U.S. |
| 43% | RAAB | 4 | Dominic —, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July, 2018 |
| 43% | WASHINGTON | 10 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 43% | COLORADO | 8 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 42% | MOTTO | 5 | "In God We Trust," for the United States of America |
| 42% | ATL | 3 | Capital of the Peach State, for short (abbr.) |
| 42% | DEBT | 4 | Matter of great interest for the United States |
| 42% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that dots the i of "Ohio" for Ohio State's marching band |