| 100% | CONN | 4 | Fifth state to ratify the Constitution: Abbr. |
| 83% | DEL | 3 | First state to ratify the Constitution: Abbr. |
| 76% | DEL | 3 | First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution: Abbr. |
| 73% | DEL | 3 | The first state to ratify the US Constitution: Abbr. |
| 67% | TENTH | 5 | Like Virginia among states to ratify the Constitution |
| 66% | CONN | 4 | Fifth state to join the Union: Abbr. |
| 65% | DELAWARE | 8 | First state to ratify the US Constitution |
| 51% | ALA | 3 | State to the east of Mississippi: Abbr. |
| 51% | ALA | 3 | State to the west of Georgia: Abbr. |
| 51% | IDA | 3 | State to the west of Montana: Abbr. |
| 46% | NYC | 3 | Home to the Empire State Building: Abbr. |
| 45% | ALA | 3 | State that's home to the Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr. |
| 44% | TEX | 3 | State that's home to the MLB's Astros: Abbr. |
| 43% | DEL | 3 | First state admitted to the US: Abbr. |
| 43% | ALA | 3 | State that elected Doug Jones to the Senate in December 2017: Abbr. |
| 43% | NYC | 3 | Home to Times Square and the Empire State Building: Abbr. |
| 43% | NCAR | 4 | The Tar Heels' state and home to the Nascar Hall of Fame: Abbr. |
| 42% | ORE | 3 | State that borders Idaho to the west: Abbr. |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | State next to the Florida panhandle (Abbr.) |
| 42% | TENTH | 5 | States' rights amendment to the Constitution |
| 41% | TENTH | 5 | State's rights amendment to the Constitution |
| 41% | ORE | 3 | Washington State's neighbor to the south: Abbr. |
| 40% | NSW | 3 | State to Sydney: Abbr. |
| 40% | DECLARES | 8 | States to the world |
| 39% | ARTI | 4 | Beginning of the Constitution: Abbr. |
| 39% | AVER | 4 | State to be the case |
| 39% | AVERS | 5 | States to be the case |
| 39% | RATIFIER | 8 | State, for an amendment to the Constitution, e.g. |
| 39% | UCONNERYALE | 11 | Stammering, initially incorrect response to the trivia question "Which Constitution State college is in the Ivy League?"? |
| 38% | ILL | 3 | State that's home to the Bears and the Bulls: Abbr. |