| 100% | RNEB | 4 | Abbr. after an Omaha Congressman's name |
| 63% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after an officer's name |
| 63% | ESQ | 3 | Abbr. after an attorney's name |
| 63% | ESTD | 4 | Abbr. after an institution's name |
| 62% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after many an officer's name |
| 61% | IBID | 4 | Abbr. after an author's name, maybe |
| 60% | DDS | 3 | Letters after an orthodontist's name: Abbr. |
| 53% | BMT | 3 | An Italian ___, a kind of Subway sandwich named after New York's subway: Abbr |
| 50% | ORU | 3 | Institution named after an evangelist: Abbr. |
| 49% | ESQ | 3 | Abbr. after a lawyer's name |
| 49% | DMASS | 5 | Abbr. after Ted Kennedy's name |
| 49% | RTEX | 4 | Abbr. after John Cornyn's name |
| 49% | DNY | 3 | Abbr. after Senator Schumer's name |
| 49% | DRI | 3 | Abbr. after Sen. Jack Reed's name |
| 49% | RNH | 3 | Abbr. after Sen. Judd Gregg's name |
| 49% | RIN | 3 | Abbr. after Sen. Richard Lugar's name |
| 49% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after many a capt.'s name |
| 49% | DNY | 3 | Abbr. after Schumer's name |
| 48% | ESQ | 3 | Abbreviation after an attorney's name |
| 47% | ORU | 3 | Tulsa school named after an evangelist: Abbr. |
| 47% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after a general's name, maybe |
| 47% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after a colonel's name, maybe |
| 47% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after a judge's name, perhaps |
| 47% | DCOLO | 5 | Abbr. after Gary Hart's name, once |
| 45% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after many a general's name |
| 45% | RETD | 4 | Abbr. after many a general's name |
| 45% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after many a major's name |
| 44% | RNEV | 4 | Abbr. after Paul Laxalt's name, when he was a senator |
| 44% | MELBATOAST | 10 | It's named after an opera star |
| 43% | ATTN | 4 | Letters before a person's name on an envelope: Abbr. |