| 100% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to say |
| 85% | WIN | 3 | Be the first one to finish a race, say |
| 75% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to use |
| 75% | WIN | 3 | Be the first to finish |
| 75% | DISCOVER | 8 | Be the first to find |
| 73% | RATS | 4 | Rodents said to be the first off a sinking ship |
| 72% | WON | 3 | Was the first to cross the finish line |
| 71% | COEDS | 5 | Oberlin was the first to accept them |
| 71% | MONGOLS | 7 | They were the first to destroy Baghdad |
| 71% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 71% | BLAZEATRAIL | 11 | Be the first to accomplish something (and do it spectacularly!) |
| 70% | STATEDEPARTMENT | 15 | Thomas Jefferson was the first to lead it |
| 70% | DEE | 3 | Sandra who was the first to play "Gidget" |
| 70% | MBA | 3 | Harvard was the first to offer it (1908) |
| 70% | ADAMS | 5 | Abigail ___, former first lady whose ghost is said to haunt the White House |
| 70% | INEEDLOVE | 9 | 1987 hit said to be the first hip-hop love song |
| 70% | HAMMURABI | 9 | Babylonian King, said to be the first set of laws |
| 70% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..." |
| 70% | NIMOY | 5 | Actor Leonard who was the first to play Spock |
| 70% | DEE | 3 | Actress Sandra who was the first to play Gidget |
| 70% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Robert Peary was the first to reach this place |
| 70% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent it |
| 70% | DEE | 3 | Actress Sandra who was the first to play "Gidget" |
| 70% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, actor who was the first to play Superman |
| 70% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 70% | BIGMAMATHORNTON | 15 | Singer who was the first to record “Hound Dog” |
| 70% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin who was the first to play Jack Ryan |
| 69% | WAR | 3 | What truth is said to be the first casualty of |
| 69% | YEAGER | 6 | He was the first to break the sound barrier, Chuck |
| 69% | TASS | 4 | News agency that was the first to report on Sputnik |