| 100% | SELFRULE | 8 | Act of choosing its own government (hyphenated) |
| 45% | IDAHO | 5 | Over three-fifths of its land is owned by the federal government |
| 44% | LUCKYDIP | 8 | Act of choosing something at random |
| 43% | BOOKING | 7 | Act of choosing and purchasing vacation, ticket |
| 42% | COUNTRY | 7 | Political state, nation with its own government |
| 42% | OUIJA | 5 | Board that supposedly chose its own name |
| 41% | COUNTRY | 7 | A nation or territory with its own government |
| 41% | PRIMARY | 7 | Election in which each party chooses its own candidate |
| 40% | TROVER | 6 | Act of finding buried treasure and claiming it |
| 39% | SOUP | 4 | Meal with its own type of spoon |
| 38% | ESPIONAGE | 9 | The act of obtaining government or corporate secrets |
| 38% | ROTHIRA | 7 | The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 introduced it |
| 38% | NATIONALDEBT | 12 | Government bonds are part of it |
| 38% | SCENE | 5 | It's part of the act |
| 37% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school with its own shade of blue |
| 37% | FAVOR | 5 | An act of kindness; idiomatically you can curry it |
| 37% | SCENE | 5 | It's just part of the act |
| 37% | SCENE | 5 | It's all part of the act |
| 37% | VOLITIONAL | 10 | Of one's own choosing |
| 36% | PRIVATEPROPERTY | 15 | The government doesn't own it |
| 36% | KIA | 3 | Hyundai owns a piece of it |
| 36% | AUTOTROPH | 9 | Organism capable of producing its own food |
| 35% | SAMOA | 5 | About 90% of its land is owned communally |
| 35% | CODE | 4 | Zip ___, address identification number that the Empire State Building has its own of |
| 35% | ARKANSAS | 8 | State whose name is its own abbreviation plus the name of another state |
| 35% | EPA | 3 | Government organization with a Climate Change section of its website: Abbr. |
| 35% | AIDA | 4 | Its Act 3 is set on the banks of the Nile |
| 34% | AGENCY | 6 | Ability of individuals to act on their own will |
| 34% | ACQUIRE | 7 | Get hold of something and make it your own |
| 34% | MANNERISMS | 10 | Styles of acting, as it were |