| 100% | ORLON | 5 | DuPont creation of the 1940s |
| 57% | ENIAC | 5 | Tech marvel of the 1940s |
| 57% | ENIAC | 5 | Pioneering computer of the 1940s |
| 57% | FALA | 4 | Presidential dog of the 1940s |
| 57% | ENIAC | 5 | Giant computer of the 1940s |
| 57% | ORLON | 5 | DuPont creation of 1941 |
| 56% | ENIAC | 5 | "Giant Brain" of the 1940s |
| 56% | OSS | 3 | Intelligence agcy. of the 1940s |
| 55% | TART | 4 | Creation of the Queen of Hearts |
| 54% | ALINE | 5 | Dior creation of the fifties |
| 53% | NRC | 3 | Creation of the Energy Reorg. Act of 1974 |
| 53% | JOBCORPS | 8 | Creation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 |
| 53% | ROTHIRA | 7 | Creation of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 |
| 53% | CIA | 3 | Creation of the National Security Act of 1947 |
| 53% | DREAMCATCHER | 12 | Woven creation of the Ojibwe people |
| 53% | EVAPERON | 8 | First lady of the 1940s-'50s |
| 53% | HOP | 3 | School dance of the 1940s-'50s |
| 53% | HUAC | 4 | Blacklisting org. of the 1940s-’50s |
| 53% | WORLDWARIIACE | 13 | Heroic fighter pilot of the 1940s |
| 52% | OSA | 3 | Massen of the 1940s film "Tokyo Rose" |
| 52% | ALLIE | 5 | Pitcher Reynolds of the 1940s-'50s Yankees |
| 52% | PERONS | 6 | Populist power couple of the 1940s-'50s |
| 52% | REESE | 5 | Pee Wee of the 1940s-'50s Dodgers |
| 52% | ZOOTSUIT | 8 | Baggy-trousered demob suit of the 1940s |
| 52% | EVAPERON | 8 | First lady of the 1940s and 1950s |
| 51% | STASSEN | 7 | Nine-time presidential contender of the 1940s-'90s |
| 51% | COCA | 4 | "Rum and ___-Cola" (hit song of the 1940s) |
| 50% | JOSHWHITE | 9 | Singer of the 1940s blues hit "One Meat Ball" |
| 50% | KATHARINE | 9 | __ Hepburn, world famous US movie star of the 1940s |
| 50% | RITA | 4 | Actress and pin-up girl of the 1940s, Hayworth |