| 100% | BURIAL | 6 | Event after the last rites |
| 54% | EPILOGUE | 8 | Section after the last chapter |
| 54% | BELATED | 7 | After the event |
| 53% | NEWS | 4 | The latest events |
| 53% | BOW | 3 | It comes after the last number |
| 53% | NEWS | 4 | The latest current events |
| 51% | ASIAN | 5 | ___ Games, second-largest multisport event after the Olympics |
| 51% | HINDSIGHT | 9 | Wisdom after the event |
| 50% | TKO | 3 | It's declared after the last hit, for short |
| 49% | EDU | 3 | Letters after the last dot in a school's Web address |
| 48% | POSTNATAL | 9 | Total span broke after the happy event |
| 45% | SALE | 4 | Common event the day after Thanksgiving |
| 45% | SAY | 3 | Something many people utter after the letter "O" at big events |
| 45% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of the presidents before and after Clinton |
| 45% | FLOOD | 5 | Event lasting 40 days and nights in the Bible |
| 44% | STOCKINGUP | 10 | After filling the last one, Santa hung the __ |
| 44% | AFTERPARTY | 10 | Event that might last until the wee hours |
| 43% | DDAY | 4 | Last year was the 75th anniversary of this notable WWII event |
| 42% | WATERGATE | 9 | Political scandal named after the hotel complex where some of its key events occurred |
| 41% | CYBER | 5 | ___ Monday, major online shopping event held on the Monday after Thanksgiving |
| 40% | DEC | 3 | First month after fall or last month of the year, for short |
| 40% | IRENE | 5 | Name of five hurricanes, the last of which was in 2011, after which the name was retired |
| 40% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture after "The Last Emperor" |
| 39% | PRIDEPARADE | 11 | N.Y.C. event on the last Sunday in June |
| 39% | NEWS | 4 | The latest |
| 39% | HERHEARTWASWARM | 15 | Words after "The last time I saw Paris" |
| 38% | LITERATE | 8 | Learned to perform late rite |
| 38% | ALASKA | 6 | The Last Frontier |
| 38% | AMEN | 4 | The last word |
| 38% | OBIT | 4 | The last word |