| 100% | ONEBC | 5 | Last non-A.D. year |
| 95% | ONEBC | 5 | Last non-A.D. year: 2 wds. |
| 71% | ONEBC | 5 | Last year before A.D. |
| 71% | ONEBC | 5 | Final non-A.D. year |
| 70% | ONEBC | 5 | Last year before the A.D. years |
| 62% | ONEBC | 5 | Last year before a major change |
| 61% | SOPH | 4 | Freshman, a year later, informally |
| 60% | OVER | 4 | So last year, as a fad |
| 59% | LOT | 3 | "He read a ___ of books last year" |
| 58% | SYNE | 4 | Last word of a traditional New Year's Eve song |
| 57% | LOT | 3 | "He read a ___ of books last year." (many) |
| 57% | CADETTE | 7 | Brownie, a few years later |
| 56% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that introduced a Swedish Fish variety last year |
| 56% | ANNUALS | 7 | Plants that last for a single year |
| 55% | GREET | 5 | What a lot of Walmart employees did until last year |
| 55% | VENUS | 5 | On this planet, a day lasts longer than a year |
| 55% | TRON | 4 | Classic sci-fi film with a sequel 28 years later |
| 52% | MEATTORNADO | 11 | Fictional burrito on "Parks and Recreation" that "literally killed a guy last year" |
| 51% | SYNE | 4 | Last word of a New Year’s song title |
| 51% | FALL | 4 | Last full season in a calendar year |
| 51% | NYT | 3 | Newspaper that, since last year, has a TV news program accessible on Hulu (abbr.) |
| 51% | RAMS | 4 | Only team to not score a Super Bowl touchdown in the last 45 years |
| 50% | CORDEN | 6 | Television's James ___, who hosted a "Late Late Show" on CBS for eight years |
| 50% | BROCCOLI | 8 | D.R.A.M. hit on Billboard's 2016 year-end Hot 100 ... or a green vegetable |
| 50% | MILE | 4 | 80% of the distance that Country House ran last year on a very sloppy track |
| 50% | MCCONNELL | 9 | This Kentucky politician last year requested a new nickname of "Grim Reaper" from his supporters |
| 49% | ONEBC | 5 | Last non-AD yr. |
| 49% | ITSELF | 6 | Last word of a famous F.D.R. quote |
| 48% | ERA | 3 | Pitching statistic that Shane Bieber led the league in last year, with a 1.63: Abbr. |
| 48% | TRAINSPOTTING | 13 | 1996 film, starring Ewan McGregor as a drug addict, that had a sequel 21 years later |