| 100% | LEE | 3 | County name in 9 of the 11 states of the Confederacy |
| 51% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 47% | ADA | 3 | Writer Limón named Poet Laureate of the United States in 2022 |
| 46% | APOLLYON | 8 | Greek name of The Destroyer in Revelation 9:11 in the New Testament |
| 46% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in five East Coast states, four of which border each other |
| 45% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 44% | PORTLAND | 8 | Name of the most populous city in a pair of states |
| 44% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 43% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 43% | COOLIDGE | 8 | Calvin ___, 30th President of the United States after whom a city in Arizona is named |
| 43% | ORCA | 4 | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration |
| 43% | TAFT | 4 | William Howard ___, 27th President of the United States after whom a city in California is named |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 42% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four state capitals |
| 42% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 42% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Name of counties in three states, all crossed by I-90 |
| 42% | BOONE | 5 | Name of eight counties in the central and eastern U.S. |
| 41% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | City in a county of the same name on a lake of the same name |
| 41% | TASMANIA | 8 | Australian state referenced in the name of a Looney Tunes “Devil” |
| 41% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city in a county of the same name on a lake of the same name |
| 41% | MONROE | 6 | County name in 17 states |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | County name in three states |
| 41% | WASHINGTON | 10 | County name in 30 states |
| 40% | APT | 3 | Like the name of Justice Mary Yu, officiant of the first same-sex marriages in Washington State |
| 40% | OSCAR | 5 | First name of the boxer who won 11 world titles in six weight classes in 1992-2008 |
| 40% | ASITIS | 6 | In the actual state of affairs |
| 40% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |