| 100% | ARMA | 4 | First word of the "Aeneid" |
| 94% | ARMA | 4 | “___ virumque cano” (first words of the Aeneid) |
| 89% | ARMS | 4 | The first word of Virgil's Aeneid in some English translations |
| 86% | WETHEPEOPLE | 11 | First words of the Constitution |
| 85% | GOODMORNING | 11 | First words of the day, perhaps |
| 84% | WHEN | 4 | First word of the Declaration of Independence |
| 84% | GOD | 3 | First word of the British national anthem |
| 84% | OUR | 3 | First word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 84% | ENSE | 4 | First word of the Bay State motto |
| 84% | HES | 3 | First word of the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" |
| 84% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 84% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of the 1988 song "Kokomo" |
| 84% | TIS | 3 | First word of the song "Simple Gifts" |
| 84% | LIFT | 4 | First word of the Black national anthem |
| 83% | LET | 3 | First word of the Bible's first quote |
| 83% | ARTICLE | 7 | First word of the Constitution after the preamble |
| 83% | DES | 3 | First word of the capital of 15-Across |
| 83% | SUNNY | 5 | First word of the "Sesame Street" theme song |
| 83% | LAS | 3 | First word of the largest city in Nevada |
| 83% | OSAY | 4 | First words of the National Anthem (2 wds.) |
| 83% | ARMA | 4 | "___ virumque cano" (first words of the "Aeneid") |
| 82% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |
| 82% | OLE | 3 | First word of the soca banger “Hot Hot Hot” |
| 82% | ODE | 3 | First word of the European Union anthem's title |
| 82% | SAN | 3 | First word of the second-largest city in California |
| 82% | ARMA | 4 | “___ virumque cano” (opening words of the Aeneid) |
| 81% | IREAD | 5 | First words of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" |
| 81% | ARMA | 4 | First word of Virgil's Aeneid |
| 80% | ONCE | 4 | First word of "Into the Woods" |