| 100% | AMER | 4 | Like the top medalists at the 2000 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 47% | GOLD | 4 | Top prize at the Olympics |
| 47% | GOLD | 4 | Top medal at the Olympics |
| 46% | MEDALIST | 8 | One of the top three at the Olympics |
| 46% | LASORDA | 7 | Hall of Fame manager at the 2000 Olympics |
| 46% | MAHRE | 5 | Phil ___, slalom skiing gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics |
| 46% | BILES | 5 | Gymnastics great Simone, gold medalist at the 2024 Olympics |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Gold medal winner in baseball at the 2000 Olympics |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Top medals winner at the 1996 Olympics |
| 46% | GOLDMEDAL | 9 | Top prize at the Olympics (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SWE | 3 | Perennially strong entrant at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 45% | INTL | 4 | Like the Olympics: Abbr. |
| 44% | CEO | 3 | Top of the power chain at a corporation: Abbr. |
| 44% | OWENS | 5 | Jesse ___ (four-time track and field gold medalist at the 1936 Olympics) |
| 44% | THORPE | 6 | Breaker of the 400-meter freestyle world record at the 2000 Olympics |
| 44% | IAN | 3 | Australian swimmer Thorpe who won three gold medals at the 2000 Olympics |
| 44% | ROMERO | 6 | Yoel ___, MMA athlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics |
| 44% | AGLOW | 5 | Like the top of the Empire State Building at night |
| 44% | USA | 3 | Country that won 121 medals at the 2016 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 43% | LINDLAND | 8 | Matt ___, former MMA athlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics |
| 43% | PICABOSTREET | 12 | *Super G gold medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics |
| 43% | JADE | 4 | ___ Carey, gymnastics gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics |
| 43% | FINKE | 5 | Swimmer Bobby, gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics |
| 43% | MEDALIST | 8 | One who has placed top three at the Olympics |
| 43% | USA | 3 | Country represented by Simone Biles at the Olympics: Abbr. |
| 43% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the top of a memo |
| 43% | BCC | 3 | Abbr. at the top of an email |
| 42% | PRO | 3 | Like an athlete at the Olympics, for short |
| 42% | ONATEAM | 7 | Like gymnasts and relay racers, at the Olympics |
| 42% | NEWER | 5 | Like emails at the top of an inbox |