| 100% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in England and five U.S. states |
| 53% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in five East Coast states |
| 50% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in five East Coast states, four of which border each other |
| 49% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 46% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in England or New England |
| 45% | DOVER | 5 | Kent County city (in the U.S. and in England) |
| 45% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 45% | MONROE | 6 | County name in 17 states |
| 45% | ERIE | 4 | County name in three states |
| 45% | WASHINGTON | 10 | County name in 30 states |
| 44% | DECATUR | 7 | Naval hero with five U.S. counties named for him |
| 44% | BOONE | 5 | Name of eight counties in the central and eastern U.S. |
| 44% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | County name in nine former Confederate states |
| 44% | OSAGE | 5 | County name in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma |
| 43% | ORANGE | 6 | County name in California, Florida and New York |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | County name in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | County name in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | County name in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio |
| 43% | GREENE | 6 | "Colorful" county name in 14 states |
| 43% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts |
| 42% | BOONE | 5 | County name in eight, mainly Midwest, states |
| 42% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | Word in several U.S. state names |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | Word in four U.S. state names |
| 42% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | Word in 4 U.S. state names |
| 42% | CAROLINA | 8 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 42% | NORTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 42% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in two U.S. state names |