| 100% | MAINLAND | 8 | Most of the U.S., to Hawaiians |
| 76% | MAINLAND | 8 | The rest of the U.S., to Hawaiians |
| 64% | WACOTEXAS | 9 | Southwestern city that produces most of the U.S.'s Snickers bars |
| 62% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the only US president to serve more than two terms |
| 62% | ASIANS | 6 | More than 25% of immigrants to the U.S. |
| 61% | ELENA | 5 | First name of the most recent woman appointed to the US Supreme Court |
| 61% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 60% | EUR | 3 | Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 60% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to U.S. sch. in the fall of 2021 |
| 59% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 59% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 58% | SWEDES | 6 | Many early settlers of the U.S. frontier |
| 58% | ASIA | 4 | Home to most of the world's people |
| 57% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 57% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 56% | JAMES | 5 | ___ A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
| 55% | EMMA | 4 | Most popular U.S. girls' name of the 2010s, according to the Social Security Administration |
| 55% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 55% | BIDEN | 5 | Recipient of the most votes ever cast for a U.S. presidential candidate |
| 55% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the US president from 1963 to 1969 |
| 55% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the US president from 1953 to 1961 |
| 54% | SAN | 3 | Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities |
| 54% | SAN | 3 | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| 54% | NFL | 3 | Org. behind 14 of the 15 most-watched TV broadcasts in U.S. history |
| 54% | NATO | 4 | Alliance of the US, Canada, and many European countries: Abbr. |
| 54% | STPETE | 6 | Guinness record holder for the U.S. city with the most consecutive days of sun (768), informally |
| 53% | CRAB | 4 | "One of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a ___" (Borradaile's definition of "carcinization") |
| 53% | NEVADA | 6 | Home to the U.S. city with the most hotel rooms |
| 53% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president during most of World War II |
| 53% | ELNORTE | 7 | The U.S., to Mexicans |