| 100% | MAY | 3 | Only month whose name contains just three letters |
| 81% | MAY | 3 | Only month whose name is just three letters long |
| 51% | FIJI | 4 | Island nation whose name contains three dotted letters in a row |
| 51% | FIJI | 4 | Pacific island country whose name contains three dotted letters in a row |
| 49% | TIN | 3 | The only element whose name is three letters long |
| 46% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer whose full name is made up of only three different letters |
| 43% | LAILA | 5 | Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in "Ali" |
| 42% | AUDI | 4 | Luxury car brand whose name contains only one consonant |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Largest integer whose name is spelled with three letters |
| 40% | DESIIGNER | 9 | Rapper with the 2015 #1 hit "Panda" whose name contains an unexpected double letter |
| 39% | ABC | 3 | Network whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | Only Great Lake whose name has four letters |
| 39% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" |
| 39% | KLM | 3 | Netherlands airline whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | AROMANTIC | 9 | Orientation whose name is often shortened to its first three letters |
| 39% | OPALS | 5 | Birthstones whose name starts with the same letter as their month |
| 38% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name together with its capital city has only eight letters |
| 38% | MAACO | 5 | Auto-painting franchise whose name reverses three letters of a transmission franchise |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital |
| 37% | RODDY | 5 | With 36-Across, rapper with the 2020 #1 hit "The Box" whose name contains an unexpected double letter |
| 37% | MAY | 3 | Only three-lettered month |
| 36% | ARIZONA | 7 | The only US state whose name contains a Z |
| 36% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | Rapper with the 2004 #1 hit "Drop It Like It's Hot" whose name contains an unexpected double letter: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MAY | 3 | Month of the year with only three letters |
| 35% | ALDA | 4 | Famous Alan whose last name shares three of the four letters of ALAN |
| 35% | SCHORTLINEG | 11 | Only Monopoly railroad whose name doesn't contain "Railroad" / Laughing gleefully |
| 35% | HIJAB | 5 | Head covering whose name starts with three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 34% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 34% | WACO | 4 | Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name |
| 34% | MAR | 3 | Month whose name means a parade, for short |