| 100% | COSI | 4 | First word of a Mozart opera title |
| 67% | COSI | 4 | Start of a Mozart opera title |
| 66% | TIS | 3 | First word of a Frank McCourt title |
| 65% | ALLS | 4 | First word of a Shakespeare title |
| 65% | WAR | 3 | First word of a Tolstoy title |
| 64% | THEIR | 5 | First word of a Zora Neale Hurston title |
| 63% | OLE | 3 | First word of a palindromic 1976 compilation album title |
| 63% | COSI | 4 | First word in a Mozart title |
| 61% | IDOMENEO | 8 | Title king of a Mozart opera |
| 58% | IRAE | 4 | Title word of a song from Mozart's "Requiem" |
| 57% | BABY | 4 | First word of the three-word title of a 1992 Sir Mix-a-Lot single |
| 55% | ILL | 3 | First word of a threat |
| 55% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a letter |
| 55% | DONOT | 5 | First words of a prohibition |
| 55% | SEEHERE | 7 | First words of a reprimand |
| 55% | IDARE | 5 | First words of a challenge |
| 54% | ONCE | 4 | First word of a fairy tale |
| 54% | SACRE | 5 | First word of a famous cathedral |
| 54% | TEN | 3 | First word of a Christie classic |
| 54% | NEARER | 6 | First word of a popular hymn |
| 54% | ADESTE | 6 | First word of a Christmas hymn |
| 54% | HASTA | 5 | First word of a "Terminator" catchphrase |
| 54% | ABRA | 4 | First word of a magic spell |
| 54% | HERES | 5 | First word of a toast, often |
| 54% | MAI | 3 | First word of a rhyming cocktail |
| 54% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a formal email |
| 54% | DES | 3 | First word of a Midwestern capital |
| 54% | ABLE | 4 | First word of a classic palindrome |
| 54% | DEAR | 4 | First word of a business letter |
| 54% | ABLE | 4 | First word of a Napoleonic palindrome |