| 100% | LSU | 3 | N.C.A.A. women's basketball champs of 2023, for short |
| 56% | UCONN | 5 | 2023 N.C.A.A. men's basketball champs |
| 52% | LSU | 3 | Home of the N.C.A.A.’s Tigers, for short |
| 51% | SLC | 3 | Host location of the N.B.A.’s 2023 All-Star Weekend, for short |
| 51% | URI | 3 | Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Rhody the Ram, for short |
| 49% | TCU | 3 | The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A.’s Big 12 Conference, for short |
| 48% | ARI | 3 | N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird's head, for short |
| 48% | COSMO | 5 | Women's magazine that once ran a nude centerfold of Burt Reynolds, for short |
| 48% | UCONN | 5 | N.C.A.A. women's basketball powerhouse |
| 47% | RPI | 3 | The Engineers of the N.C.A.A., for short |
| 47% | UNH | 3 | The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., for short |
| 47% | ISU | 3 | The Cyclones of the N.C.A.A., for short |
| 47% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A., for short |
| 45% | SIXER | 5 | Member of a Philadelphia basketball team, for short |
| 45% | COACHK | 6 | Leader of five N.C.A.A. basketball championships for Duke, informally |
| 44% | OKC | 3 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short |
| 44% | UCONN | 5 | Women's basketball powerhouse, for short |
| 43% | KRZYZEWSKI | 10 | "Coach K" of N.C.A.A. men's basketball fame |
| 42% | ROO | 3 | Mammal that's a symbol of Australia, for short |
| 42% | MAVS | 4 | 2011 N.B.A. champs, for short |
| 41% | LSU | 3 | Winners of the 2023 NCAA women's basketball championship (Abbr.) |
| 41% | STAT | 4 | Basketball player's number of assists or rebounds, for short |
| 41% | PBJ | 3 | Part of many a kid’s lunchbox meal, for short |
| 41% | MAR | 3 | Month of "International Women's Day," for short |
| 41% | MAR | 3 | Month of International Women's Day, for short |
| 41% | BIO | 3 | Story of a person's life, for short |
| 41% | TSA | 3 | Provider of a traveler's check, for short |
| 41% | UMP | 3 | Baseball's equivalent of a referee, for short |
| 41% | MPH | 3 | Measure of a car's speed, for short |
| 41% | CIGS | 4 | Members of a smoker's pack, for short |