| 100% | DEAR | 4 | Endearing word at the start of some letters |
| 66% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of some internet addresses |
| 66% | ISO | 3 | Letters at the start of some dating-profile bios |
| 60% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 60% | ENTER | 5 | Word at the start of a maze |
| 60% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 58% | ASST | 4 | Abbr. at the start of some job titles |
| 57% | WHOA | 4 | Word at the start of the chorus in "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 55% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of an address? |
| 55% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of a link |
| 54% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of many internet addresses |
| 54% | ABC | 3 | Letters at the start of a preschool song |
| 54% | ULT | 3 | Letters at the start of "ultra" or "ulterior" |
| 54% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of a destroyer's name |
| 53% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of names of American aircraft carriers |
| 53% | LLC | 3 | Letters at the end of some business names |
| 52% | ANAPHORA | 8 | Repetition of words at the starts of successive phrases, in rhetoric |
| 52% | LUX | 3 | Letters hidden at the start of "luxury" or "Luxembourg" |
| 52% | LLC | 3 | Letters at the end of some corporate partnership names |
| 52% | LLC | 3 | Letters at the end of some business entity names |
| 52% | WHYS | 4 | Common words at the start of a lot of sentences that my four year old comes out with |
| 52% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of an American navy vessel's name: Abbr. |
| 52% | FAR | 3 | Word repeated at the start of every "Star Wars" film |
| 52% | TOSEA | 5 | Words repeated at the start of the "Sailor's Song" |
| 52% | DROPCAP | 7 | Enlarged letter at the start of a chapter |
| 52% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the start of a chapter |
| 51% | READY | 5 | Word flashed at the beginning of some video games |
| 50% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large decorative letter at the start of a chapter |
| 50% | PREFIX | 6 | Letters at start of word |
| 49% | INITIALLY | 9 | At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer? |