| 100% | COVER | 5 | Not the first recording |
| 70% | LATTER | 6 | Not the first |
| 69% | RESALE | 6 | Not the first transaction |
| 69% | SECOND | 6 | Not the first time |
| 65% | GETINLINE | 9 | "You're not the first, buddy!" |
| 64% | WAR | 3 | The first recorded one was between Sumer and Edam |
| 63% | MASON | 5 | Elizabeth Aldworth was the first recorded female one |
| 62% | THEM | 4 | The first to mix? Not us |
| 62% | THEM | 4 | The first to sew? Not us |
| 62% | THEM | 4 | The first to join? Not us |
| 62% | WHEN | 4 | Question wife as that man is not the first |
| 61% | THEM | 4 | The first to turn up? Not us |
| 61% | TONYHAWK | 8 | Legendary skateboarder who completed the first recorded 900: 2 wds. |
| 59% | GLENNM | 6 | Musician with the first record formally certified as a million-seller |
| 59% | SOFTC | 5 | The first letter of "circle" (but not the fourth) |
| 59% | SOFTG | 5 | The first letter in "gigantic," but not the third |
| 59% | MIRABEL | 7 | The first Madrigal grandchild to not get a gift |
| 59% | COMO | 4 | Singer with the first gold record single |
| 58% | NOVA | 4 | The first recorded one was noted by the Greek scientist Hipparchus in 134 B.C. |
| 57% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | The first rule is that you do not talk about it |
| 57% | RCA | 3 | It released the first 45 r.p.m. records |
| 57% | BAEZ | 4 | One of the first to record Dylan's songs |
| 57% | BIGMAMATHORNTON | 15 | Singer who was the first to record “Hound Dog” |
| 56% | AGAIN | 5 | Not for the first time |
| 55% | NEROWOLFE | 9 | Fictional detective whose first recorded words are "Where's the beer?" |
| 55% | SOFTC | 5 | The fourth (but not the first) letter of "cancel" |
| 55% | OBAMA | 5 | First president not born in the continental U.S. |
| 54% | ENRICO | 6 | Opera singer Caruso whose “Vesti la giubba” was the first record to sell a million copies |
| 54% | RCA | 3 | Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. records |
| 54% | STARWARS | 8 | First film to surpass the box-office record of “Jaws” |