| 100% | IRE | 3 | Hot temper, or a steaming state |
| 52% | IRE | 3 | Hot temper or rage |
| 49% | IRE | 3 | Hot temper, or intense anger |
| 45% | STAY | 4 | Remaining in a place or state |
| 45% | ORE | 3 | Mineral resource, or a state abbreviation |
| 44% | ZIP | 3 | Code often following city or a state |
| 44% | PEACE | 5 | Tranquility or a state free of disturbances |
| 44% | FIERY | 5 | Hot, as a temper |
| 44% | BEVERAGE | 8 | A hot or cold drink |
| 44% | SSE | 3 | State or claim: a___rt |
| 42% | STUD | 4 | Hot guy, or a type of earring |
| 42% | WIENER | 6 | Hot dog, or a word before "dog" |
| 42% | FAIR | 4 | State or county event with a midway |
| 42% | AGITATION | 9 | A state of anxiety or nervous excitement |
| 42% | MOOD | 4 | A temporary state of feeling or mind |
| 42% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog or a hot vegetarian meal in a bowl |
| 42% | OPINE | 5 | State one's case or express a view |
| 42% | GAS | 3 | A state of matter, not liquid or solid |
| 42% | MONARCH | 7 | A butterfly species or sovereign head of state |
| 42% | SOLITUDE | 8 | A state of being alone or in seclusion |
| 41% | STREAK | 6 | A gambler may have a hot or cold one |
| 41% | WIRE | 4 | Hot-___ (start a car without a key or fob) |
| 41% | KINGDOM | 7 | State or government with a royal as its head |
| 41% | SCALDING | 8 | Burning via a hot or boiling liquid |
| 41% | CITIZEN | 7 | Legal member of a country or state |
| 40% | TAXATION | 8 | A duty or levy to be paid to the state |
| 40% | TERRITORY | 9 | Land, as delineated by a government or state |
| 40% | SLEEPMODE | 9 | Power-saving or standby state on a computer |
| 40% | CLAM | 4 | Baked or steamed morsel at a seafood restaurant |
| 40% | QUANDARY | 8 | State of doubt or a dilemma |