| 100% | UTAH | 4 | 45th state admitted to the US |
| 77% | DEL | 3 | First state admitted to the US: Abbr. |
| 69% | MONT | 4 | French peak, and after 3/4 of 3-Down, state admitted to the US on March 4, 1791 |
| 65% | UTAH | 4 | The 45th state to join the US |
| 62% | IOWA | 4 | State admitted to the Union after Texas |
| 59% | THIRD | 5 | Like New Jersey among states admitted to the Union |
| 58% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
| 56% | VIRGINIAN | 9 | Native to the US state where CIA is headquartered |
| 54% | UTAH | 4 | The 45th US state |
| 53% | MINNESOTA | 9 | US state home to the "Mall of America" |
| 50% | UTAH | 4 | Most recent US state to host the Olympics |
| 50% | ALASKA | 6 | U.S. state closest to the International Date Line |
| 49% | UTAH | 4 | Most recent US state to host the Winter Olympics |
| 49% | IOWA | 4 | In 1869, this state admitted the first female lawyer, Arabella Mansfield, to the bar |
| 48% | GUAM | 4 | U.S. territory that's closer to Australia than the United States |
| 48% | SAWIN | 5 | Admitted to the foyer |
| 48% | ORDAINED | 8 | Admitted to the clergy |
| 48% | ORDAIN | 6 | Admit to the priesthood |
| 48% | ORDAIN | 6 | Admit to the clergy |
| 48% | ORDAINING | 9 | Admitting to the priesthood |
| 47% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 46% | CHARLESTON | 10 | The Capital of the only US state to have its sovereignty proclaimed by a president |
| 46% | TERR | 4 | Guam, to the US |
| 46% | DELAWARE | 8 | First state to ratify the US Constitution |
| 46% | ALASKA | 6 | US State home to Denali mountain peak- coldest place in the US in 2003 |
| 46% | PATIENT | 7 | Person admitted to the hospital |
| 45% | ANTI | 4 | ___-American (opposed to the US) |
| 45% | EXENEMY | 7 | Japan, to the U.S. |
| 45% | ALLY | 4 | Israel, to the U.S. |
| 45% | ALLY | 4 | Australia, to the U.S. |