| 100% | SHELBY | 6 | Isaac —, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky |
| 49% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 44% | OGLESBY | 7 | Richard J —, Union Army general in the American Civil War; governor of Illinois from 1865-69, 1873 and 1885-89 |
| 39% | MARTI | 5 | Leader in the Cuban War of Independence |
| 39% | BULLRUN | 7 | First Battle of —, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 |
| 39% | REDCOATS | 8 | British soldiers in the US War of Independence |
| 38% | VETERAN | 7 | NY state town named after Green Bently, its first settler, who fought in the American Revolution and the French and Indian War |
| 37% | LEES | 4 | "Light Horse Harry" and Charles, both officers of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War |
| 37% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 37% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PAGE | 4 | One of 1,225 in the first published edition of "War and Peace" |
| 35% | HANSOLO | 7 | In the original cut of Star Wars, he shot first |
| 35% | LEIA | 4 | First name of General Organa in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 35% | XXXXXX | 6 | First part of a name in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 35% | MILA | 4 | First name in the credits of Four Good Days and Bad Moms |
| 35% | GOT | 3 | First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly |
| 34% | BULLRUN | 7 | First major battle of the American Civil War |
| 34% | APPOMATTOX | 10 | & 10D Battle of -, April 1865 conflict in the American Civil War |
| 34% | JACKIE | 6 | Some call her the First Lady of American athletics and has won several Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump |
| 34% | HEDY | 4 | First name in the cast of Samson and Delilah |
| 34% | VICTORYGARDEN | 13 | Vegetable patch grown to aid in the war effort during the First and Second World Wars |
| 34% | DIOMEDES | 8 | Son of Tydeus and Deipyle; mythological Greek warrior in the Trojan War |
| 34% | SAMUELGOMPERS | 13 | Founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HOWE | 4 | Julia ___, first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 34% | LORE | 4 | Rhyme for "door" and "more" in the first verse of "The Raven" |
| 34% | EAGLE | 5 | Symbol in the logos of American Airlines, Barclays and Armani |
| 34% | CAIN | 4 | First son of Adam and Eve in the Old Testament |
| 34% | ARNOLD | 6 | First and last name in the cast of "True Lies" |
| 34% | ESAU | 4 | Son of Isaac and Rebecca in the Bible |