| 100% | ESE | 3 | Dir. of the Missouri between S.D. and Neb. |
| 48% | SSW | 3 | General dir. of the Connecticut River between Vt. and N.H. |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Sound of the letter stuck between "S" and "U" |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | It's sandwiched between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers |
| 42% | IOWA | 4 | It's between the Missouri and Mississippi |
| 41% | SEDALIA | 7 | Site of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin ragtime festival |
| 41% | TESLA | 5 | Maker of the Model S and Model 3 |
| 41% | MIDWEST | 7 | Part of the US where Michigan and Missouri are |
| 41% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president between Hoover and Truman |
| 41% | LAMPEDUSA | 9 | Largest of the Pelagie Islands between Tunisia and Malta |
| 41% | ROUT | 4 | Description of the June 11, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer game between the USA and Thailand |
| 40% | TEENS | 5 | Between the ages of 12 and 20 |
| 40% | PLATTE | 6 | — River, tributary of the Missouri in Nebraska, US, upon which Lexington and Fremont stand |
| 40% | ILEUM | 5 | Part of the small intestine between the jejunum and caecum |
| 40% | ISCHIUM | 7 | Part of the hip bone between the ilium and pubis |
| 40% | CAVAN | 5 | County of the Republic of Ireland between Longford and Monaghan |
| 40% | OHIOBORN | 8 | Like seven of the 12 presidents between 1869 and 1923 |
| 40% | GULFOF | 6 | & 16D Arm of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland |
| 40% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Envoy and Yukon S.U.V.'s |
| 40% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Yukon and Acadia S.U.V.s |
| 40% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president between Hoover and Truman |
| 40% | THORAX | 6 | Part of the body between neck and diaphragm |
| 40% | ABDOMEN | 7 | Part of the body between chest and pelvis |
| 40% | MORNING | 7 | The period of time between midnight and noon |
| 40% | JFK | 3 | Initials of the president between Eisenhower and Johnson |
| 40% | JANET | 5 | Chair of the Fed between Ben and Jerome |
| 40% | NUM | 3 | Book of the Bible between Lev. and Deut. |
| 40% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between U and W |
| 40% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between "U" and "W" |