| 100% | ACETYL | 6 | First six letters of the proper name for aspirin |
| 60% | ESP | 3 | First three letters of the Spanish name for Spain |
| 49% | SOMNOLOGY | 9 | Proper name for the science of sleep |
| 45% | OUGHTS | 6 | Possible name for the first decade of the century |
| 44% | APP | 3 | A short name for the first course of a meal |
| 44% | INITIAL | 7 | The first letter of your name |
| 44% | ADA | 3 | Oklahoma city named for the daughter of its first 4-Down |
| 43% | STEIN | 5 | Letters after "Franken-" for the name of a monster |
| 43% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 42% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |
| 42% | ASCORBIC | 8 | A type of acid, the proper name for vitamin C |
| 42% | INITIALS | 8 | The first letters of your first name and surname |
| 42% | GRETA | 5 | First name of the founder of Fridays for Future |
| 42% | ALEXANDRIA | 10 | First name of the current Representative for Rikers Island |
| 42% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the first Oscar winner for Best Actor |
| 42% | KAON | 4 | Particle named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 42% | TEE | 3 | Shirt named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 41% | PAPA | 4 | Nickname of the 1954 Nobel winner for literature, who first picked up the name in Pamplona, Spain |
| 40% | ABCD | 4 | First four letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | ROY | 3 | First three letters of the rainbow? |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | First few letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 40% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 40% | URSAMINOR | 9 | Proper name for the Little Bear constellation |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English language |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English alphabet |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the Alphabet Song |
| 40% | TSE | 3 | First Cyrillic letter of the word tsar |
| 40% | LBS | 3 | Units whose name's first letter stands for an ancient-Roman unit of measurement |