| 100% | NBC | 3 | Its famous chime consists of the three notes G-E-C |
| 44% | NBC | 3 | Its musical ID is just the notes G, E and C |
| 43% | SPINE | 5 | Its top part consists of the seven C's |
| 38% | TUK | 3 | When doubled, it's the name of Asia's famous three-wheeler |
| 37% | GREATER | 7 | Consisting of the city and its suburbs |
| 37% | ROOT | 4 | The C of C major, e.g. |
| 36% | INSULATOR | 9 | It resists the flow of electricity, e.g. rubber |
| 34% | RAPIER | 6 | Famous sword of The Three Musketeers |
| 34% | ETON | 4 | Its academic year consists of three halves |
| 33% | SOL | 3 | G, in the key of C |
| 33% | OPENINGSENTENCE | 15 | "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...," e.g. |
| 33% | ETON | 4 | Its academic year consists of three terms called "halves" |
| 32% | POISONIVY | 9 | Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be" |
| 32% | EMBER | 5 | It glows at the end of three months |
| 32% | EMBER | 5 | It flickers at the end of three months |
| 32% | IRONY | 5 | The fact that Nintendo of America's new C.E.O. is named Doug Bowser, e.g. |
| 32% | TRILL | 5 | Musical ornamentation consisting of the rapid alternation between one tone and the next above it |
| 32% | OHIO | 4 | One of the rivers that gave Three Rivers Stadium its name |
| 32% | ART | 3 | "___, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere": G. K. Chesterton |
| 32% | INVERSION | 9 | G-C-E for the chord C, e.g. |
| 32% | EMBER | 5 | It's hot at the end of three months |
| 32% | EMBER | 5 | It’s hot at the end of three months |
| 32% | ORCA | 4 | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration |
| 32% | MYRRH | 5 | Gum-resin gift from one of the Three Wise Men that has no vowels in it |
| 31% | OZONE | 5 | The earth has a layer of it; three oxygen atoms |
| 31% | BURGUNDY | 8 | Region of E France famous for its wines |
| 31% | FAMILY | 6 | The Three Bears, e.g. |
| 31% | HAMS | 4 | The Three Stooges, e.g. |
| 31% | DAM | 3 | The Three Gorges, e.g. |
| 31% | TRIO | 4 | The three musketeers, e.g. |