| 100% | BLESS | 5 | First word uttered in a confessional |
| 59% | ITS | 3 | First word uttered after a birth |
| 58% | HELLO | 5 | First word said in a phone conversation, typically |
| 56% | COSI | 4 | First word in a Mozart title |
| 56% | ONCE | 4 | First word in a fairy tale |
| 56% | LES | 3 | First word in a Hugo title |
| 56% | ALLS | 4 | First word in a Shakespeare title |
| 56% | PINA | 4 | First word in a tropical drink |
| 56% | THERE | 5 | First word in many a limerick |
| 56% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a letter, often |
| 56% | THERE | 5 | First word in a limerick, usually |
| 56% | MUCH | 4 | First word in a Shakespeare title |
| 56% | EENY | 4 | First word in a counting rhyme |
| 56% | ABRA | 4 | First word in a magic spell |
| 56% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a 13-Across |
| 56% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a letter, usually |
| 56% | OUR | 3 | First word in a Catholic prayer |
| 56% | ISEE | 4 | Words uttered in understanding, or possibly a total lack of interest |
| 55% | ONCE | 4 | First word in many a fairy tale |
| 55% | BUTCH | 5 | First word in a Paul Newman film |
| 55% | ISNT | 4 | First word in a song of Wonder |
| 55% | READY | 5 | First word in a sequence toward Go |
| 55% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a letter to Santa |
| 55% | ABRA | 4 | First word in a magician's chant |
| 55% | PREHEAT | 7 | First word in many a baking recipe |
| 55% | SENSE | 5 | First word in a Jane Austen title |
| 55% | ONCE | 4 | First word in a fairy tale, usually |
| 55% | ONCE | 4 | First word in a fairy tale, often |
| 55% | ALSO | 4 | First word in the abbreviation A.K.A |
| 55% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |