| 100% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence in the moon's first quarter |
| 81% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence at the moon's first quarter |
| 60% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 53% | CRESCENT | 8 | It's seen in the first or last quarter |
| 51% | SOVIET | 6 | The first S in USSR |
| 50% | CRATER | 6 | Dent in the moon's surface |
| 50% | CRATER | 6 | Hole in the moon’s surface |
| 50% | CRATERS | 7 | Holes in the moon’s surface |
| 50% | CRATER | 6 | Dent in the moon’s surface |
| 50% | PHASE | 5 | Stage in the moon's monthly cycle |
| 49% | SELF | 4 | The first "S" in S.A.S.E. |
| 49% | SOV | 3 | The first "S" in S.S.R.: Abbr. |
| 47% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S in USSR stood for |
| 47% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S stood for in USSR |
| 46% | TAU | 3 | First letter in the fourth quarter of the Greek alphabet |
| 46% | PRIMA | 5 | ___ volta (at the first occurrence, in music) |
| 46% | MEN | 3 | Wells' ''The First __ in the Moon'' |
| 45% | TORNADO | 7 | Occurrence in the film "Twister" |
| 45% | SOVIET | 6 | The first "S" in USSR |
| 45% | SOVIET | 6 | The first "S" in "USSR" |
| 45% | SLEETS | 6 | Occurrences in the 30s, say |
| 45% | WASTELAND | 9 | The —, modernist poem in five sections by T S Eliot first published in 1922 |
| 44% | HALFMOON | 8 | First or last quarter in the lunar cycle |
| 44% | LUNAR | 5 | ___ eclipse (celestial event when the moon's in Earth's shadow) |
| 44% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | Robot that landed on the moon in February 2024, marking the first moon landing by a private company |
| 43% | TODAY | 5 | Catcher in the "Who's on First?" routine |
| 43% | HATH | 4 | Verb in the world's first telegraph message |
| 43% | MOONRISE | 8 | Daily occurrence in the sky |
| 43% | CARUSO | 6 | Performer in the first U.S. public radio broadcast, 1910 |
| 43% | INTERN | 6 | Dr. Yang, in the first season of "Grey's Anatomy" |