| 100% | BOONE | 5 | Name of eight counties in the central and eastern U.S. |
| 49% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 43% | LIZZO | 5 | Singer/songwriter/flutist who had eight Grammy nominations in 2020 and who was named Time Magazine's 2019 Entertainer of the Year |
| 43% | AER | 3 | Name of the large veil used to cover the bread and wine for the Eucharist in the Eastern Orthodox Church |
| 43% | EDIE | 4 | Name of the "Big" and "Little" characters in HBO's "Grey Gardens" |
| 43% | WHO | 3 | Name of the first baseman in Abbott and Costello's baseball routine |
| 42% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 42% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 42% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 42% | PLUS | 4 | Math symbol in the name of Apple and Disney's streaming services |
| 42% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 41% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 41% | SHELBY | 6 | Name of the central family in Peaky Blinders |
| 40% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 40% | XXXXXXXXXXXX | 12 | Moves in the shape of A's, O's and U's at a disco? |
| 40% | ARI | 3 | The name of the one who’s gonna last, in “Thank U, Next” |
| 40% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular boys’ name of 2022, in the U.S. |
| 40% | LUMIERE | 7 | Name of the candelabra in Beauty and the Beast |
| 40% | PYEWACKET | 9 | Name of the cat in Bell, Book and Candle |
| 40% | DOVER | 5 | Kent County city (in the U.S. and in England) |
| 40% | WASTELAND | 9 | Name of the world in both Fallout and Epic Mickey |
| 39% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 39% | SARGE | 5 | Name of the WWII Army Jeep in "Cars" and "Cars 2" |
| 39% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in England and five U.S. states |
| 39% | SAN | 3 | Word in the names of two Central American capitals |
| 39% | STAN | 4 | Suffix in the names of seven U.N. members |
| 39% | DADE | 4 | Second half of the U.S.'s only hyphenated county name |
| 39% | OCTO | 4 | Prefix in the name of an eight-armed sea animal |
| 39% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |