| 100% | BALLONE | 7 | Major-league count after the first pitch, about 42% of the time |
| 43% | APRIL | 5 | First full month of the Major League season |
| 40% | ORLANDO | 7 | City that played its first ever major league pro sports game in 1989 as part of the NBA expansion draft |
| 39% | FOR | 3 | "___ the First Time," 2010 song by the Script that talks about "Drinking old cheap bottles of wine" |
| 39% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 39% | MANON | 5 | ___ Rheaume, first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues |
| 38% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 37% | ACHES | 5 | Some things to complain about after you've just played flag football for the first time in nine years |
| 36% | ALYSSANAKKEN | 12 | First woman to coach on the field of a Major League Baseball game, for the San Francisco Giants in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ODD | 3 | Roulette bet that wins about 47% of the time |
| 36% | LEAGUE | 6 | __ of Nations, founded after the First World War |
| 36% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Call after whiffing on the first pitch |
| 36% | ISAIAH | 6 | First of the Major Prophets |
| 35% | OMER | 4 | Counting of the ___ (observance after Passover) |
| 35% | METS | 4 | Major league affiliate of the Brooklyn Cyclones and Binghamton Rumble Ponies |
| 35% | KNOX | 4 | Kentucky fort named after the first U.S. Secretary of War |
| 35% | DRACONIAN | 9 | Harsh laws, named after the first leader of Athens |
| 35% | ALROSEN | 7 | The Hebrew Hammer of Major League Baseball |
| 35% | MLB | 3 | The short form of major league baseball |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | First digit of pi after the decimal |
| 35% | BONO | 4 | First Time Person of the Year musician |
| 35% | LIP | 3 | Major league Hall of Famer Durocher's nickname: "Leo the ___" |
| 35% | RERUN | 5 | Any airing of a TV episode after the first one |
| 35% | ARTICLE | 7 | First word of the Constitution after the preamble |
| 35% | BULLRUN | 7 | First major battle of the American Civil War |
| 35% | SALVADOR | 8 | First name of The Persistence of Time painter |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | First digit of pi after the decimal point |
| 35% | LINDBERGH | 9 | First Time Magazine "Man of the Year": Charles __ |
| 35% | MARGARETFARRAR | 14 | First puzzle editor of The New York Times |
| 34% | AMER | 4 | One of the major leagues: Abbr. |