| 100% | AVEO | 4 | Chevy subcompact that became the Sonic in the U.S. |
| 49% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 48% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to admit women |
| 47% | PBS | 3 | Network that airs "Sherlock" in the U.S. |
| 47% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to award degrees to women |
| 47% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that's usually horseradish in the U.S. |
| 46% | BONNET | 6 | Car part that's called the hood in the US |
| 46% | XENIA | 5 | Ohio city that's the largest in the U.S. that starts with its letter |
| 45% | PALMSPRINGS | 11 | California city that, in 2018, became the first U.S. city to have an all-L.G.B.T. city council |
| 45% | ITT | 3 | US co., headed by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn, that became the sole telephone provider in Spain in 1924 (abbr.) |
| 45% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 45% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 45% | COORS | 5 | ___ Light, beer brand that originated in the U.S. in 1978 |
| 45% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that's almost always actually horseradish in the U.S. |
| 45% | STATEDEBT | 9 | Something that can be collected from anywhere in the U.S.? |
| 44% | AVEO | 4 | Chevy that's now called the Sonic |
| 44% | ELLE | 4 | Magazine that's weekly in France but monthly in the U.S. |
| 44% | MESA | 4 | Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat |
| 44% | INDIA | 5 | Country that became the world’s most populous in 2023 |
| 44% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 44% | ALTA | 4 | One of the three ski resorts in the U.S. that prohibit snowboarding |
| 44% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 43% | EXPOS | 5 | Team that became the Nationals in 2005 |
| 43% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A.," 1984 Bruce Springsteen album that sold over 30 million copies |
| 43% | OATH | 4 | In the statement required by those becoming US nationals, the phrase "on ___" may be replaced by "and solemnly affirm" |
| 43% | ANDREA | 6 | Girl's name in the U.S. that's a boy's name in Italy |
| 43% | INFLATION | 9 | Economic indicator that hit a four-decade high in the U.S. in June, 2022 |
| 43% | EMMA | 4 | Girls' name that's been top five in the U.S. every year since 2002 |
| 42% | LAKETAHOE | 9 | Landmark that's the second-deepest of its kind in the U.S. |
| 42% | OAHU | 4 | Hawaiian island that's home to the only royal palace in the US |