| 100% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |
| 68% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 68% | NEW | 3 | Word in several U.S. state names |
| 68% | NEW | 3 | Word in four U.S. state names |
| 68% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 68% | NEW | 3 | Word in 4 U.S. state names |
| 68% | CAROLINA | 8 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 68% | NORTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 68% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 68% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name |
| 67% | DES | 3 | Only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 66% | OKLA | 4 | Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name |
| 65% | DES | 3 | French surname starter; only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 63% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 62% | NEW | 3 | First word in four state names |
| 61% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 59% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | Word in four US state names |
| 59% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 58% | ABRA | 4 | First word in a magician's chant |
| 58% | RHODE | 5 | First word of a state in New England |
| 58% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 58% | AIRWAYS | 7 | Word in a carrier’s name |
| 56% | CITY | 4 | Word after "Oklahoma" in a state capital's name |
| 56% | GREAT | 5 | Word in a monarch's name |
| 56% | HALL | 4 | Word in a dorm's name |
| 56% | EAST | 4 | Only main compass direction that doesn't appear in a US state name |
| 56% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 55% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 55% | MAMA | 4 | Word in a "Baby's First" scrapbook, maybe |