| 100% | VMA | 3 | Industry honor that once recognized the "Ringtone of the Year" |
| 45% | PECOS | 5 | River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West |
| 42% | BIGBUZZ | 7 | Bee photo that won 2022 Wildlife Photo of the Year |
| 42% | CMA | 3 | Org. that named Garth Brooks Entertainer of the Year six times |
| 42% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Taylor Swift Entertainer of the Year twice (Abbr.) |
| 42% | MAE | 3 | Girl's name that sounds like a month of the year |
| 41% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Keith Urban Entertainer of the Year in 2018: Abbr. |
| 41% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Luke Combs Entertainer of the Year in 2021 (Abbr.) |
| 41% | ABOUT | 5 | "All ___ That Bass," 2015 Grammy Song of the Year nominee |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine with a Person of the Year honor |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that chooses a Person of the Year |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that names a Person of the Year |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that awards a Person of the Year |
| 41% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 41% | INC | 3 | Magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 41% | PANTONE | 7 | Company that designates a Color of the Year |
| 41% | CMA | 3 | Org. that awarded Taylor Swift "Entertainer of the Year" in 2009 and 2011 |
| 41% | DEPOT | 5 | Home ___ Coach of the Year Award (college football honor) |
| 41% | ROSANNA | 7 | 1982 Toto hit that won Record of the Year |
| 41% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Weekly magazine that picks a "Person of the Year" |
| 41% | MONTHOFMAYBE | 12 | Part of the year that's filled with possibility? |
| 40% | PERU | 4 | Country that was once the center of the Incan empire |
| 40% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | Only highest-grossing film of the year that lost money |
| 40% | CMA | 3 | Org. that voted Keith Urban 2018 Entertainer of the Year |
| 40% | CIA | 3 | Org. that once funded the Museum of Modern Art, Partisan Review, and The Paris Review |
| 40% | MARIMBA | 7 | Percussion instrument that's also the name of a popular ringtone |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | She won Album of the Year honors in 2012 and 2017 |
| 39% | CAPOT | 5 | Horse of the Year that won the 1949 Preakness and Belmont |
| 39% | CUZCO | 5 | Peruvian city that was once the capital of the Inca Empire |