| 100% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 35% | STARLET | 7 | One may play a big part in the future |
| 33% | THIGH | 5 | That part of the leg between the hip and the knee in man |
| 33% | THIGH | 5 | That part of the leg between the hip and the knee in humans |
| 33% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 32% | YALU | 4 | River that forms a large part of the border between North Korea and China |
| 32% | UNITED | 6 | American airline that is part of the Star Alliance and can take you to your travel destination |
| 31% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 31% | CORE | 4 | Part of a big apple that the squirrels and crows will eat, even if you don't |
| 30% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 30% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 30% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 30% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a play |
| 30% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act in a play |
| 30% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | American comedian and actor that reportedly has an IQ as high as 142, and known for his role in "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 29% | OENO | 4 | Atoll that's part of the Pitcairn archipelago and an important site for Murphy's petrels and a vacation site for Pitcairn Islanders |
| 29% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a Broadway play |
| 29% | MOOS | 4 | Reporter Jeanne who in 2014 who apologized after calling the haka a cross between a "lap dance and the mating dance of an emu" |
| 29% | SAMWORTHINGTON | 14 | "Avatar: The Way of Water" actor who plays a Union Army first lieutenant in "Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | NATO | 4 | Alliance of the US, Canada, and many European countries: Abbr. |
| 29% | DADO | 4 | Part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice |
| 29% | TRANSEPT | 8 | Part of a church between the nave and the sanctuary |
| 29% | WEB | 3 | Part of a baseball mitt between the fingers and thumb |
| 29% | ORI | 3 | Part of the of HHS that oversees and directs honesty and ethics in PHS experiment and exploration activities (abbr.) |
| 29% | NOSE | 4 | Part of the face that's prominent in a profile |
| 29% | REDSEA | 6 | It had a big part in the Bible |
| 28% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 28% | ILEUM | 5 | That part of the small intestine between the jejunum and caecum |
| 28% | HANDSET | 7 | The part of a phone that you hold and speak into |
| 28% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |