| 100% | IRIS | 4 | Its first letter sounds like where it's found |
| 57% | TEA | 3 | Mad Hatter's drink, that sounds like its first letter |
| 57% | EDIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 57% | EVIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 56% | KATIE | 5 | Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters |
| 56% | ELLY | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively |
| 55% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 54% | OWE | 3 | Word that sounds like its first letter |
| 53% | PEA | 3 | Tiny vegetable that sounds like its first letter |
| 53% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like its first letter |
| 53% | EVIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 53% | EDIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 53% | EVIE | 4 | Nickname that sounds like its first two letters |
| 52% | EASE | 4 | Word that sounds like its first and last letters |
| 52% | ICEE | 4 | Frozen drink brand that sounds like its first two letters |
| 49% | SAT | 3 | High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components |
| 47% | JCCHASEZ | 8 | "It's Gonna Be Me" singer in N Sync whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 46% | QUEUE | 5 | Word pronounced like its first letter |
| 46% | CLAMP | 5 | Gadget shaped like its first letter |
| 46% | SOFTC | 5 | It sounds like S |
| 46% | SLALOM | 6 | Event that looks like its first letter? |
| 46% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit that looks like its first letter? |
| 46% | JOANBAEZ | 8 | "Diamonds & Rust" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 45% | YEN | 3 | Its symbol is its first letter with two lines through it |
| 44% | ARI | 3 | First name that sounds like two letters |
| 43% | WALMART | 7 | Store whose first three letters come from its founder's name |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Word that sounds like its middle letter |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Word that sounds like its second letter |
| 43% | YOU | 3 | Pronoun that sounds like its last letter |