| 100% | THUS | 4 | First word in the translated title of Nietzsche's 1885 novel "Also sprach Zarathustra" |
| 43% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of three Pixar movies |
| 43% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 41% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 40% | ACHY | 4 | First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing |
| 39% | SONS | 4 | Word in the titles of novels by Ivan Turgenev and D. H. Lawrence |
| 39% | ARK | 3 | Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie |
| 38% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 38% | THE | 3 | First word in all of 9-Down’s novels |
| 38% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 37% | OPERA | 5 | Word in the title of Broadway's longest-running show |
| 37% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 37% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem often used as the first word in the poem's title |
| 37% | SHUT | 4 | Last word in the title of Kubrick's last film |
| 37% | SLUMDOG | 7 | Coined word in the title of 2008's Best Picture |
| 36% | MYSTERY | 7 | Word in the full title of Glass Onion |
| 36% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 36% | ODE | 3 | First word of the European Union anthem's title |
| 36% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |
| 36% | ISNT | 4 | First word of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" |
| 36% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques" |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English version of "Frère Jacques" |
| 35% | RAE | 3 | First word in the name of the "Black Beatles" hip-hop duo |
| 35% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 35% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 35% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 35% | THOU | 4 | First word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 35% | WHO | 3 | Word after "The Cat" in the titles of 29 Lilian Jackson Braun novels |
| 35% | STEPS | 5 | Word in the title of many self-help books |