| 100% | LTM | 3 | Finance abbreviation used for duration of last year |
| 39% | TDS | 3 | Last year James White managed to snag six of these, for short |
| 38% | DELTA | 5 | The Parker Solar Probe was launched last year using this type of rocket |
| 37% | DEC | 3 | Last month of the year, for short |
| 37% | SSRI | 4 | Abbreviation for a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants |
| 36% | ETA | 3 | Abbreviation used for time estimate |
| 36% | THB | 3 | Abbreviation used for Thai money |
| 35% | BLUESTATE | 9 | Georgia, as of last year |
| 34% | NYE | 3 | The last night of the year, for short |
| 34% | SOLID | 5 | State whose last two letters are the postal abbreviation for a different kind of state |
| 34% | SPAN | 4 | Another term for duration of time |
| 34% | NINETEEN | 8 | Last year of teens |
| 33% | DEC | 3 | Last month of the year when the Philippines celebrates Mother's Day, for short |
| 33% | AET | 3 | One of the abbreviations used for a paraprofessional educator, a foreign national working in a Japanese classroom |
| 33% | SOPH | 4 | Last year's freshman, for short |
| 33% | SRS | 3 | Last year's juniors, for short |
| 33% | EAR | 3 | Used for the sense of hearing |
| 32% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | Host of last year's 61st Annual Grammy Awards |
| 32% | SRS | 3 | Last year's juniors now, for short |
| 32% | ASIDE | 5 | For later use |
| 32% | ELON | 4 | Co-founder, with his brother Kimbal, of "Zip2" in 1995, acquired by Compaq 4 years later for $340 million |
| 32% | SANDPAPER | 9 | Used for hand- or machine-smoothing of wood |
| 32% | DEC | 3 | Last mo. of year |
| 31% | LONGTERM | 8 | Lasting for many years |
| 31% | CAMILLA | 7 | Actress ___ Belle, star of last year's movie "The Mad Whale" |
| 31% | BUFFETT | 7 | Warren ___, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway who for many years used a flip phone that doesn't connect to the internet |
| 31% | ALOE | 4 | ___ vera (succulent used medicinally for thousands of years) |
| 31% | PEAT | 4 | Turf used for fuel (anagram of "tape") |
| 31% | SATURDAY | 8 | Last of seven, for many |
| 31% | AGELONG | 7 | Lasting for years and years |