| 100% | INSP | 4 | Gadget's rank in cartoons: Abbr. |
| 59% | INSP | 4 | Gadget's rank: Abbr. |
| 57% | ENS | 3 | Pulver's rank in "Mister Roberts": Abbr. |
| 57% | COL | 3 | Kurtz's rank in "Apocalypse Now": Abbr. |
| 57% | ENS | 3 | Pulver's rank, in film: Abbr. |
| 55% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks film: Abbr. |
| 55% | SGT | 3 | Snorkel's rank, in "Beetle Bailey": Abbr. |
| 54% | INSP | 4 | Lestrade's rank, in Sherlock Holmes stories: Abbr. |
| 54% | SGT | 3 | Drill instructor's rank, in the Army: abbr. |
| 54% | ENS | 3 | Junior rank in the U.S. Navy: Abbr. |
| 53% | SGT | 3 | Pepper's rank, in a Beatles album title: Abbr. |
| 52% | SGT | 3 | Snorkel's rank, in the comic strip "Beetle Bailey": Abbr. |
| 52% | TNT | 3 | Explosive red stick in cartoons: Abbr. |
| 50% | ENS | 3 | Junior rank in the Navy: Abbr. |
| 47% | COL | 3 | Mustard's military rank, in the game Clue: Abbr. |
| 47% | TNT | 3 | Red explosive stick in cartoons, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 47% | ENS | 3 | Lowest officer rank in the Navy: Abbr. |
| 47% | PFC | 3 | Low rank in the Marine Corps: Abbr. |
| 46% | TNT | 3 | It goes "boom" in cartoons and movies: Abbr. |
| 46% | SGT | 3 | Waters' rank in "A Soldier's Story" (Abbr.) |
| 46% | HMS | 3 | Abbr. in a G. & S. title |
| 45% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
| 44% | GEN | 3 | George S. Patton's military rank: Abbr. |
| 43% | TNT | 3 | Explosive in Road Runner cartoons: Abbr. |
| 43% | INSP | 4 | Gadget's rank, for short |
| 43% | METH | 4 | The "M" in S.M.U.: Abbr. |
| 43% | STD | 3 | The S in a time-zone abbr. |
| 43% | ENS | 3 | Rank in the Navy (abbr) |
| 43% | ENS | 3 | Rank in the Navy (abbr.) |
| 43% | LTS | 3 | They rank above sergeants in the NYPD: Abbr. |