| 100% | BRAGG | 5 | Fort ___ (military post in North Carolina) |
| 69% | BRAGG | 5 | Fort in North Carolina |
| 63% | BRAGG | 5 | North Carolina's Fort ___ (world's largest military installation by population) |
| 56% | CHIMNEY | 7 | __ rock, granite monolith in North Carolina |
| 56% | ESTATE | 6 | Biltmore ___ (historic residence in North Carolina) |
| 56% | ELON | 4 | University in North Carolina |
| 56% | ELON | 4 | College in North Carolina |
| 56% | HAW | 3 | ___ River, in North Carolina |
| 56% | HATTERAS | 8 | Cape in north carolina |
| 56% | DUKE | 4 | University in North Carolina |
| 56% | BRAGG | 5 | Fort ___, North Carolina site subject to a renaming debate in 2020 |
| 55% | PEEDEE | 6 | Dammed river in North Carolina |
| 55% | DUKE | 4 | Prestigious university in North Carolina |
| 55% | SALEM | 5 | Winston-___ (city in North Carolina) |
| 55% | BRAGG | 5 | North Carolina fort |
| 53% | LOWES | 5 | Home improvement chain headquartered in North Carolina |
| 52% | ELON | 4 | School located in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad |
| 52% | KITTYHAWK | 9 | North Carolina town in aviation history |
| 52% | ENO | 3 | North Carolina river hidden in "venom" |
| 52% | BRAGG | 5 | Former North Carolina fort |
| 51% | ONETREEHILL | 11 | Chad Michael Murray teen drama set in North Carolina |
| 50% | SMOKY | 5 | Great ___ Mountains National Park (attraction in North Carolina and Tennessee) |
| 50% | RALEIGH | 7 | City that forms one point in North Carolina's Research Triangle |
| 49% | PINK | 4 | ___ Hill, town in North Carolina named after the flowers that bloom there |
| 48% | GARDNER | 7 | Hollywood legend Ava, born North Carolina in 1922 |
| 47% | PEPSI | 5 | Product introduced by a North Carolina pharmacist in 1898 |
| 47% | BRAGG | 5 | Fort ___, North Carolina |
| 46% | OCS | 3 | Military training academy in Fort Benning, Georgia: Abbr. |
| 46% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | "This Is the Night" singer who is running for Congress in North Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MEANSTREAK | 10 | Sandra Brown mystery about a doctor/marathon runner who disappears in North Carolina (2 wds.) |