| 100% | POSITION | 8 | Can be first, second, third, fifth in ballet |
| 52% | GEARS | 5 | What first, second, and third are, in a car |
| 46% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third or home in baseball |
| 46% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third, or home in baseball |
| 45% | BASES | 5 | First, second and third in baseball |
| 43% | ONBASE | 6 | Occupying first, second, or third in baseball |
| 42% | BASES | 5 | First, second, and third, in softball |
| 41% | BASE | 4 | First, second, or third, in a ballpark |
| 41% | CDROM | 5 | How Britannica could first be bought in 1994 |
| 40% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 40% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 40% | ALSORAN | 7 | Horse that fails to finish first, second, or third in a race |
| 39% | ALSORAN | 7 | Horse that fails to finish first, second, or third in a race (Hyph.) |
| 39% | MEDAL | 5 | Take first, second or third, in the Olympics |
| 39% | TAB | 3 | Second document that can be opened in a web browser |
| 37% | BASETRIO | 8 | First, Second, Third? |
| 37% | AARON | 5 | First name for the third second-in-command |
| 37% | BASE | 4 | First second or third |
| 37% | LED | 3 | Was first in line |
| 37% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 37% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
| 36% | GEARS | 5 | First, second, third and reverse |
| 36% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third or home |
| 36% | BASES | 5 | First, second, third and home |
| 36% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third, or home |
| 36% | GEARS | 5 | First, second, third, e.g. |
| 36% | GEARS | 5 | First, second, third and neutral |
| 36% | GEAR | 4 | First, second, third or reverse |
| 36% | RAC | 3 | First exit: Milk containers • Second exit: Rebounded, in billiards • Third exit: Wheeled (away) |
| 36% | LED | 3 | Was first in a parade |