| 100% | TEN | 3 | Number that starts many countdowns |
| 66% | TEN | 3 | Number that may start a countdown |
| 64% | TEN | 3 | Starting number in many countdowns |
| 63% | TEN | 3 | Number starting many a countdown |
| 54% | HTTP | 4 | Letters that start many addresses |
| 52% | LIL | 3 | "Small" term that starts many rappers' names |
| 52% | LIL | 3 | Diminutive term that starts many rappers' names |
| 51% | ATTEN | 5 | Where many countdowns start |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | Start of many a countdown |
| 47% | AREA | 4 | ___ code (three digits that start a phone number) |
| 47% | TEN | 3 | Start of many countdowns |
| 46% | TEN | 3 | First number in many countdowns |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | Last number in most countdowns |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | Final number in most countdowns |
| 46% | TEN | 3 | First number in most countdowns |
| 46% | TEN | 3 | Number starting a countdown, maybe |
| 45% | FAX | 3 | Type of phone number that was formerly on many business cards |
| 44% | TEN | 3 | A space launch countdown starts at this number |
| 43% | THUR | 4 | Day that most pro golf tournaments start (Abbr.) |
| 43% | THE | 3 | Word that many Angelenos use before a freeway number |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number starting a countdown, on New Year's Eve |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of countries that start with "Y" |
| 42% | FYI | 3 | Abbr. that's at the start of many forwarded emails |
| 42% | BIT | 3 | Type of movie part that many superstars started out with |
| 42% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Number of pawns that start a chess game |
| 41% | ITSOVER | 7 | Roy Orbison song that starts, "Your baby doesn't love you any more" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | VOA | 3 | DC-based broadcaster that started in WWII and now transmits in more than 40 languages (abbr.) |
| 38% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | ___ Steelers, the team that has won the most number of Super Bowls in history |
| 37% | ONE | 3 | Number that follows zero |
| 37% | ENCORE | 6 | Number that's added? |