| 100% | FOUR | 4 | It has an apt number of letters in its name |
| 59% | FOUR | 4 | Only number that equals the number of letters in its English name |
| 50% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 49% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 49% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 47% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 46% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 45% | STARZ | 5 | Movie channel that used to have an "!" in its name |
| 45% | TWO | 3 | Number of people it takes to tango, in an expression |
| 45% | GPT | 3 | Letters after “Chat” in the name of an OpenAI product |
| 45% | OAHU | 4 | Island that may have an apostrophe in its name |
| 45% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | "Ace of Spades" band with a "metal umlaut" over an O in its name |
| 44% | RISINGEDGES | 11 | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| 44% | RACCOON | 7 | Rocket ___, character from "Guardians of the Galaxy" who has consecutive double letters in his name |
| 44% | MRPIBB | 6 | Original name of a soft drink that now has "Xtra" in its name: 2 wds. |
| 44% | FACT | 4 | "Every odd number has the letter "e" in it," for instance |
| 44% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 43% | QUATTRO | 7 | Number of letters in "Roma" |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in "crosswords" |
| 43% | NINE | 4 | Number of letters in Louisiana |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in "Madagascar" |
| 43% | SKIPPINGROPE | 12 | Cord in some cardio workouts, or an apt description of each set of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | SIX | 3 | Number of letters in the word "twelve" |
| 42% | FIVE | 4 | Number of letters in a Wordle guess |
| 42% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "dictionary" |
| 42% | TEN | 3 | Number of letters in the word "smartphone" |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | Number of letters in the word "six" |
| 42% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 42% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that used to have "Oil of" in front of its name |
| 42% | GMAIL | 5 | Its logo resembles the letter “M” in the shape of an envelope |