| 100% | UTAH | 4 | Four-letter state that isn't Iowa or Ohio |
| 48% | CONSONANT | 9 | Letter that isn't A, E, I, O, or U |
| 40% | STATE | 5 | Iowa or Ohio |
| 40% | VOWEL | 5 | Letter that isn't a consonant |
| 40% | CONSONANT | 9 | Letter that isn't a vowel |
| 39% | LOUISIANA | 9 | Third of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 39% | WISCONSIN | 9 | Second of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 39% | EAST | 4 | Direction that isn't in any US state names |
| 39% | SPADE | 5 | Card that isn't a heart, club, or diamond |
| 39% | TASTE | 5 | Sense that isn't sight, hearing, smell, or touch |
| 39% | SALTY | 5 | Flavor that isn't sweet, sour, bitter, or umami |
| 39% | TIE | 3 | Score that isn't a win or a loss |
| 39% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste that isn't sweet, sour, bitter, or salty |
| 39% | LOAM | 4 | Soil that isn't predominantly sand, silt, or clay |
| 39% | IOWA | 4 | Four-letter state that's north of Missouri |
| 39% | TENN | 4 | Fourth of four US states that are 8-Down letters long: Abbr. |
| 39% | MINN | 4 | First of four US states that are 8-Down letters long: Abbr. |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that isn't Superior, Michigan, Huron, or Ontario |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that isn't Huron, Michigan, Ontario, or Superior |
| 38% | HEARING | 7 | The sense that isn't vision, smell, taste or touch |
| 38% | STEAM | 5 | Phase that isn't water or ice |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | State that's home to Miami University (and isn't Florida) |
| 38% | ARMY | 4 | Military branch that isn't the Air Force, Marines, or Navy |
| 38% | KINGS | 5 | California NBA team that isn't the Lakers or the Clippers |
| 38% | IOWA | 4 | Only four-letter state other than Ohio and Utah |
| 38% | AMES | 4 | Iowa college city that isn't Iowa City |
| 36% | NAPA | 4 | Sheep leather that isn't stiff or hard |
| 36% | BROWNBEAR | 9 | Ursine mammal that isn't black or white |
| 36% | ACUTE | 5 | A triangle that isn't right or obtuse |
| 36% | COS | 3 | Trig function that isn't sin or tan |