| 100% | SNOWDEN | 7 | His first Twitter follow was the N.S.A., fittingly |
| 43% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 43% | OREE | 4 | Willie who was the N.H.L.’s first Black player |
| 41% | CUBAGOODINGJR | 13 | "Boyz n the Hood" actor whose first name is a Caribbean country: 3 wds. |
| 40% | FTMEADE | 7 | Where the N.S.A. is headquartered |
| 39% | OPENS | 5 | Is the first act of a concert |
| 39% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 38% | SWOOPES | 7 | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| 38% | WIN | 3 | Be the first one to finish a race, say |
| 37% | AGEONE | 6 | The year following a first birthday |
| 37% | TRAY | 4 | The first man is a dish |
| 37% | SAINT | 5 | Ulrich was the first one created by a pope |
| 36% | IDOL | 4 | Kelly Clarkson was the first, on a certain reality series |
| 36% | TEBOW | 5 | Tim who was the first sophomore to win a Heisman |
| 36% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 36% | RATS | 4 | Rodents said to be the first off a sinking ship |
| 36% | SALONGA | 7 | Lea who was the first Asian actress to win a Tony |
| 36% | LORRE | 5 | Peter who was the first actor to play a Bond villain |
| 36% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who was the first lyricist to win a Pulitzer |
| 36% | DOMEE | 5 | Shi who was the first woman to have the sole director’s credit on a Pixar feature, for “Turning Red” |
| 36% | HELEN | 5 | I was the first deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree and I campaigned for women's rights |
| 36% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 35% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 35% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | She was the first player signed by a WNBA team: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANG | 3 | Lee who was the first Asian to win a best-director Oscar |
| 35% | HINDU | 5 | Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister |
| 35% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | The first part of his ''Ulysses'' was published in 1918 |
| 35% | POPEMOBILE | 10 | The first one was a modified Ford D-Series truck |
| 35% | PAT | 3 | First name of the singer of Love is a Battlefield |
| 35% | LIFE | 4 | "___ is Strange," interactive video game that follows a photography student's choices and the butterfly effect they create |