| 100% | PIZZA | 5 | America's favorite food, per a 2014 U.S.D.A. study |
| 81% | PIZZA | 5 | America's favorite food, per a 2014 USDA study |
| 39% | TEBOW | 5 | "America's favorite active pro athlete," per a 2012 ESPN poll |
| 39% | RANCH | 5 | Most popular salad dressing in America, per a study |
| 38% | RANCH | 5 | Most popular salad dressing in America, per a 2017 study |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | Capital of the world's happiest country, per a 2017 U.N. survey |
| 35% | TALENT | 6 | What America's got, per a popular TV show |
| 34% | PIZZA | 5 | About 1 in 8 Americans eat this food on any given day, per a Department of Agriculture study |
| 33% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef who specialized in American cooking who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef who specialized in French cuisine who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 33% | EDNALEWIS | 9 | Chef who specialized in Southern cooking who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JOYCECHEN | 9 | Chef who specialized in northern Chinese cuisine who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states that start with a D |
| 31% | TACO | 4 | Savory Mexican food served in a shell you'd enjoy at the stadium during your favorite team's game |
| 30% | ORGANICBEEF | 11 | What often carries a U.S.D.A. seal |
| 30% | SWAMP | 5 | Washington D.C., per a modern metaphor |
| 30% | OILS | 4 | With fats and sweets, group at the top of the U.S.D.A.’s now retired food pyramid |
| 29% | CREEM | 5 | “America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine,” per a 2019 documentary |
| 28% | REA | 3 | U.S.D.A. power agcy. |
| 28% | AGR | 3 | U.S.D.A. part: Abbr. |
| 28% | CERT | 4 | U.S.D.A. stamp abbr. |
| 28% | AGRIC | 5 | U.S.D.A. part: Abbr. |
| 28% | LASAGNA | 7 | Garfield's favorite food |
| 28% | SPINACH | 7 | Popeye's favorite food |
| 28% | POLKA | 5 | U.S. president + A |
| 28% | CHAD | 4 | Wolf who is illegally serving as acting head of D.H.S., per a federal-court ruling in November, 2020 |
| 28% | SEMESTER | 8 | A half-year period of study in US college |
| 28% | YALE | 4 | First U.S. university to award a Ph.D. |
| 28% | WIE | 3 | 2014 U.S. Women's Open champion |
| 28% | MICHELLEWIE | 11 | 2014 U.S. Women's Open winner |