| 100% | ANNEX | 5 | Incorporate, as the U.S. did Texas |
| 50% | RAHM | 4 | Emanuel who currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan |
| 47% | COWS | 4 | Nearly 15% of them in the U.S. live in Texas |
| 46% | AMEND | 5 | Revise, as the US Constitution |
| 46% | AMEND | 5 | Change, as the US Constitution |
| 46% | AMEND | 5 | Alter, as the US Constitution |
| 46% | INAREA | 6 | How Sitka, Alaska, ranks as the largest U.S. city |
| 46% | DEL | 3 | Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated |
| 45% | RAREDISEASE | 11 | Something legally defined in the U.S. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people |
| 45% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
| 43% | CAPSIZES | 8 | Flips, as the Poseidon did |
| 43% | OATS | 4 | Texas is the largest U.S. producer of these |
| 43% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 42% | DISBAND | 7 | Break up, as the beatles did |
| 42% | EBB | 3 | Fall back, as the tide does |
| 42% | ITINA | 5 | Memoir that was adapted as the film "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 42% | APED | 4 | Did the same as |
| 42% | MIRRORED | 8 | Did the same as |
| 42% | APE | 3 | Do the same as |
| 42% | APES | 4 | Does the same as |
| 42% | MIAMI | 5 | U.S. city known as the "cruise capital of the world" |
| 42% | TEMPT | 5 | Entice, as the serpent did to Eve |
| 42% | SUE | 3 | Do as the litigious do |
| 41% | APES | 4 | Does the same thing as |
| 41% | APE | 3 | Do exactly the same as |
| 41% | AXE | 3 | US men's grooming brand known as "Lynx" in the UK, Australia or China |
| 41% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ONSITE | 6 | Done in the factory, as training |
| 41% | MELTINGPOT | 10 | The U.S., metaphorically |
| 40% | ERODE | 5 | Eat away at, as the ocean does a cliff |