| 100% | END | 3 | Last phrase in many stories, "The __" |
| 59% | END | 3 | The last word in some stories |
| 57% | ENO | 3 | Last name in the credits of many U2 albums |
| 55% | END | 3 | Last words in many a book, "The __" |
| 55% | LEE | 3 | Most common last name in the world |
| 54% | OIL | 3 | What lasted for eight days, in the story of Hanukkah |
| 54% | DISCO | 5 | Music genre that was most popular in the late 1970s |
| 54% | SMITH | 5 | Most common last name in the United States |
| 53% | OLORD | 5 | Phrase in many prayers |
| 53% | ALA | 3 | Phrase in many recipe names |
| 52% | MUGSHOT | 7 | One of many released by the Fulton County Jail in late August |
| 52% | ANGELS | 6 | Many figures of "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel |
| 52% | SIMPLYTHEBEST | 13 | Phrase in many Tina Turner tributes |
| 51% | SMITH | 5 | The most common last name in the U.S. |
| 51% | KRISHNA | 7 | In Hinduism, the most celebrated of the deities whose story is told in the Mahabharata |
| 51% | GINSU | 5 | First brand to use the phrase “But wait, there’s more!” in its infomercials |
| 50% | ALAMAISON | 9 | French phrase in many bistro names |
| 49% | OTIS | 4 | Company whose products appear in many stories |
| 49% | AMEN | 4 | Last word in many prayers |
| 49% | ELSA | 4 | Last word in many ultimatums |
| 49% | NINES | 5 | Last digits in many prices |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | Last number in most countdowns |
| 48% | WIRE | 4 | "Down to the ___," common phrase meaning "until the last minute," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 48% | SAGA | 4 | Kyushu city where last year more than 100 hot air balloons participated in the International Balloon Fiesta |
| 48% | PISTONS | 7 | NBA team that set the record for most consecutive losses in a single season (28) last month |
| 48% | SON | 3 | Last word in many company names |
| 48% | SONS | 4 | Last word in many company names |
| 48% | END | 3 | Last word in many fairy tales |
| 48% | FRI | 3 | Last day in many workweeks (Abbr.) |
| 48% | ESS | 3 | Last letter in most plural words |