| 100% | CANE | 4 | One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx |
| 54% | MAGUS | 5 | Any one of three wise men in the Bible |
| 53% | ALTA | 4 | One of the three ski resorts in the U.S. that prohibit snowboarding |
| 52% | MODE | 4 | One of the three “M”s in statistics |
| 52% | HAZY | 4 | One of the three H's in a summer weather forecast |
| 51% | TED | 3 | Danson who played one of the three men in "Three Men and a Baby" |
| 51% | BUTCHER | 7 | One of the "three men in a tub" |
| 51% | PIP | 3 | One of three in the Domino's logo |
| 51% | CENTAUR | 7 | One of a race of creatures in Greek mythology with the head, arms and torso of a man and legs and lower body of a horse |
| 51% | LEO | 3 | One of the three fire signs in the zodiac |
| 50% | CENTAUR | 7 | One of a race of creatures in Greek mythology with the head, arms and torso of a man and the legs and lower body of a horse |
| 50% | MYRRH | 5 | Gum-resin gift from one of the Three Wise Men that has no vowels in it |
| 50% | OSSICLE | 7 | One of three tiny bones located in the middle ear |
| 50% | WEST | 4 | One of four regions in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| 49% | SONIC | 5 | One of the S's in SST |
| 49% | ACES | 4 | One of the pairs in a "dead man's hand," in poker |
| 49% | PETERJENNINGS | 13 | One of the former Big Three in news |
| 49% | EQUIFAX | 7 | One of the Big Three in credit reports |
| 49% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 48% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 48% | TAN | 3 | One of the two three-letter colors in the Crayola 64 box |
| 48% | CANCER | 6 | One of the three water signs, in astrology |
| 48% | GASPAR | 6 | One of the Three Wise Men |
| 47% | DAUMIER | 7 | One of the most important men in modern art, per Baudelaire |
| 47% | DOT | 3 | One of three in the word Fiji |
| 47% | ZERO | 4 | One of three in the Y2K year |
| 47% | SHIELD | 6 | One of three in the Buick logo |
| 47% | OVAL | 4 | One of three in the Toyota logo |
| 47% | AXE | 3 | The Tin Man carries one in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 47% | ULYSSES | 7 | Novel about one day in the life of three Dubliners |