| 100% | USS | 3 | Letters that begin an American navy vessel's name |
| 63% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of an American navy vessel's name: Abbr. |
| 53% | USS | 3 | Letters that begin American battleship names |
| 48% | HMS | 3 | Abbr. that begins the names of Royal Navy vessels |
| 42% | USS | 3 | Letters in an American military ship's name |
| 42% | USS | 3 | Letters in an American battleship's name |
| 41% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 41% | AKA | 3 | Letters that indicate an alternate name |
| 39% | POM | 3 | Letters that begin the names of both a lap dog breed and a fruit |
| 39% | USS | 3 | Letters on an American naval vessel |
| 39% | LAO | 3 | Language that's the name of an Asian country minus its last letter |
| 38% | NIGEL | 5 | Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter |
| 37% | DORY | 4 | Vessel that shares its name with an underwater animated character |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that begins an orchestra's tune-up |
| 37% | USS | 3 | Letters before American naval vessel names |
| 36% | DEE | 3 | Letter that's also a name |
| 36% | LLAMA | 5 | South American animal whose name begins with a double letter |
| 35% | ETA | 3 | Letter that's an anagram of 111-Down |
| 35% | ETA | 3 | Letter that's an anagram of 16-Across |
| 35% | DELTA | 5 | Letter that's an airline and a river feature |
| 35% | ZULU | 4 | Letter of the NATO alphabet that is also the name of an African language |
| 35% | ANDES | 5 | South American mountain range with a name that's an anagram of sedan |
| 34% | MDPHD | 5 | Letters that might come after a research scientist's name |
| 34% | HTTP | 4 | Letters that begin a Web address |
| 34% | STU | 3 | Name that's three consecutive letters |
| 34% | POTOFTEA | 8 | Drink quantity that gets smaller if you add an S at the beginning |
| 34% | ELK | 3 | Deer that an American fraternal organization is named after |
| 34% | STU | 3 | Alphabet trio that's also an early Beatles name |
| 34% | STU | 3 | Name that's three alphabetically consecutive letters |
| 34% | NORA | 4 | Name that's a conjunction + an article |