| 100% | ARE | 3 | First word sung in "Footsteps in the Dark" |
| 66% | AHORSE | 6 | First two words sung in the "Mister Ed" theme song |
| 55% | HOW | 3 | First word of "Blowin' in the Wind" |
| 53% | WOULDNT | 7 | First word sung on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album |
| 53% | FUN | 3 | First word across in the world's first crossword (1913) |
| 53% | HATH | 4 | Word in the first Morse message |
| 52% | ISNT | 4 | First word in "Send in the Clowns" |
| 52% | ISNT | 4 | First word of "Send in the Clowns" |
| 52% | DUTY | 4 | First word in the West Point motto |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | First word in the Three Musketeers' motto |
| 52% | OUR | 3 | First word in the Lord's prayer |
| 52% | MEN | 3 | First-sentence word in the Gettysburg Address |
| 52% | RAE | 3 | First word in the name of the "Black Beatles" hip-hop duo |
| 52% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 52% | ALSO | 4 | First word in the abbreviation A.K.A |
| 52% | THOU | 4 | First word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 52% | ABLE | 4 | First word in the well-known Napoleonic palindrome |
| 52% | NOTRE | 5 | First word in the French Lord's Prayer |
| 52% | LAS | 3 | First word of the largest city in Nevada |
| 51% | ONCE | 4 | Often the first word in fairytales |
| 51% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 51% | FUN | 3 | First Across word in the world's first crossword |
| 51% | SANTO | 5 | The first word in the Dominican Republic's capital |
| 51% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |
| 51% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques" |
| 51% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 51% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of three Pixar movies |
| 51% | ISNT | 4 | First word of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" |
| 51% | SPACE | 5 | First word in the “Star Trek” opening-credits monologue |
| 51% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |