| 100% | PUERTORICO | 10 | Commonwealth pushing for statehood in the USA for the third time in eight years |
| 41% | VINYLS | 6 | Records that outsold CDs in 2022, for the first time in 35 years |
| 37% | ACHES | 5 | Some things to complain about after you've just played flag football for the first time in nine years |
| 36% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Lance Armstrong in 2005 for the third straight year |
| 35% | DENG | 4 | ___ Xiaoping, former Chinese Premier who was featured as the "Time Person of the Year" for the second time in 1985 |
| 34% | MONSOON | 7 | I'm the time of year for donning umbrellas and dancing in the rain |
| 34% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band that played its song “Misery Business” in 2022 for the first time since retiring it four years earlier |
| 34% | DROWN | 5 | Go under for the third time |
| 34% | RESAW | 5 | To cut for the third time |
| 33% | AMA | 3 | Professional body for physicians in the USA |
| 33% | AGED | 4 | Kept in the cellar for a long time |
| 32% | MELBA | 5 | Dame Nellie, who sang at the Met for the first time in 1893 |
| 32% | LEAP | 4 | Extra time in the year? |
| 32% | CLINTON | 7 | Bill ___, 42nd President of USA who was Time "Person of the Year" in 1992 |
| 32% | DONALD | 6 | ___ Trump, 45th President of USA who was Time "Person of the Year" in 2016 |
| 32% | SWUM | 4 | Like the English Channel for the first time in 1875 |
| 32% | GRAYHOLE | 8 | Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019 |
| 32% | FROSTBITE | 9 | Hazard of being outside in the cold for a long time |
| 31% | BARBIE | 6 | Doll that ran for president for the first time in 1992 |
| 31% | ASIA | 4 | Where the Olympics were held for the first time in 1964 |
| 31% | SAUDI | 5 | ___ Arabia (nation where women voted for the first time in 2015) |
| 31% | WOMENSWORLDCUP | 14 | FIFA event held for the first time in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 31% | DREAM | 5 | "Teenage ___," third studio album by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011 |
| 31% | ACTTWO | 6 | Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 31% | PROTEM | 6 | For the time being, in some titles |
| 31% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 31% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | Philadelphia tourist attraction that was rung for the last time in 1846 |
| 31% | ELIZABETH | 9 | Queen ___ II, former Head of the Commonwealth who was the TIME "Woman of the Year" in 1952 |
| 31% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 31% | SAUDIS | 6 | Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018 |