| 100% | SEATAC | 6 | Large airport in the state of Washington, for short: Hyph. |
| 48% | OMAHA | 5 | Largest city in the state of Nebraska |
| 48% | CHICAGO | 7 | Largest city in the state of Illinois |
| 47% | RAINIER | 7 | Mount —, volcano and highest mountain in the state of Washington, US |
| 44% | LATS | 4 | Largest muscle in the upper body, for short |
| 44% | GATOR | 5 | Large reptile in the Everglades, for short |
| 44% | ROO | 3 | Large animal in the Outback, for short |
| 43% | ORE | 3 | Neighbor of Washington state, for short |
| 43% | UGA | 3 | School in the Peach State, for short |
| 43% | DEERE | 5 | Largest employer in the Midwest's Quad Cities, for short |
| 42% | MST | 3 | Winter time in the Centennial State, for short |
| 42% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 41% | MPS | 3 | Ones serving in the House of Commons, for short |
| 41% | TAC | 3 | Sea-___ (major airport in Washington, for short) |
| 41% | SEN | 3 | State representative in the Capitol Building, for short |
| 41% | DFW | 3 | Abbreviation for the largest airport in Texas |
| 41% | OHARE | 5 | Largest airport in the Midwest |
| 40% | VMA | 3 | Award in the shape of a Moon Person, for short |
| 40% | SEATAC | 6 | Largest airport in the Pacific Northwest |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Reform leader memorialized in the Stone of Hope, for short |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | Alphabetically, the first state of USA, for short |
| 39% | LATROBE | 7 | Benjamin Henry —, architect of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC |
| 39% | UTICA | 5 | City in the state of New York |
| 39% | DENMARK | 7 | "Something is rotten in the State of __" |
| 39% | YAKIMA | 6 | Brand of roof racks named for a city in central Washington State |
| 38% | CALI | 4 | State where the Daughters of Bilitis was founded, for short |
| 38% | LTR | 3 | Unit of volume in the metric system, for short |
| 38% | BERG | 4 | Chunk of ice in the ocean, for short |
| 38% | ROTTEN | 6 | Hamlet, "Something is __ in the state of Denmark" |
| 38% | UBIETY | 6 | The state of existing in space |