| 100% | DACA | 4 | Obama-era policy whose last three letters spell a different Obama-era law |
| 45% | ARLES | 5 | French city whose last three letters are a French article |
| 39% | SOLID | 5 | State whose last two letters are the postal abbreviation for a different kind of state |
| 37% | ETC | 3 | Last three letters in a list, often |
| 36% | EDU | 3 | Last three letters of a university's online address |
| 34% | AMBI | 4 | Prefix whose last two letters are a prefix meaning the same thing |
| 34% | WHOM | 4 | Maine radio station whose call letters spell a pronoun |
| 33% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose capital has the same last three letters as itself |
| 33% | ELL | 3 | Country pop singer Lindsay whose last name is also a letter |
| 32% | SALADATEA | 9 | Drink brand whose first five letters spell the name of a food |
| 32% | MAACO | 5 | Auto-painting franchise whose name reverses three letters of a transmission franchise |
| 32% | TEN | 3 | Largest integer whose name is spelled with three letters |
| 31% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 31% | FIJI | 4 | Island nation whose name contains three dotted letters in a row |
| 30% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose four-letter first name shares three letters with his last |
| 30% | FIJI | 4 | Pacific island country whose name contains three dotted letters in a row |
| 30% | BAA | 3 | Animal sound whose spelling includes a double letter |
| 30% | RUBYDEE | 7 | "Do the Right Thing" actress whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ALDA | 4 | Famous Alan whose last name shares three of the four letters of ALAN |
| 30% | SAMANTHABEE | 11 | Host of TBS's "Full Frontal" whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SUI | 3 | Fashion icon Anna whose last name is a clothing ensemble minus its last letter |
| 29% | KENO | 4 | Gambling game whose name spells a gambling town when the first letter is changed |
| 29% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is one letter different from a mountain |
| 29% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 28% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 28% | SHARPEI | 7 | Dog breed whose name becomes a permanent marker brand when the last two letters are switched |
| 28% | ESS | 3 | Last three letters of "actress" |
| 28% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer whose full name is made up of only three different letters |
| 28% | WACO | 4 | Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name |
| 28% | XYZ | 3 | Last three letters of the alphabet |