| 100% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 59% | PIERRE | 6 | Only state capital that shares no letters with the name of its state |
| 54% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 47% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |
| 46% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 45% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 45% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | A city in Missouri, which shares its name with the capital of the Netherlands |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 44% | IOWA | 4 | Besides Ohio and Utah, the only state with four letters in its name |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 43% | RAGNAROK | 8 | The equivalent of Judgement Day in Norse Mythology, which shares its name with the newest Marvel film featuring 42d, 56a and 38a |
| 43% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 41% | FOUR | 4 | Only number that equals the number of letters in its English name |
| 40% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CHARLESTON | 10 | The Capital of the only US state to have its sovereignty proclaimed by a president |
| 40% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 40% | WACO | 4 | U.S. radio station whose call letters spell the name of its city |
| 39% | HAWAII | 6 | "Blue ___," hit song that was used in Elvis Presley's titular movie which has the name of Barack Obama's birth state in its title |
| 39% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan hit with an accompanying dance in which the letters of the song's name are spelled out |
| 39% | DES | 3 | Only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 39% | OSAKA | 5 | With 1d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles |
| 38% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four state capitals |
| 38% | BOONE | 5 | Name of eight counties in the central and eastern U.S. |
| 38% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 38% | ALA | 3 | State in which The CW's "Hart of Dixie" is set (Abbr.) |
| 37% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 37% | DES | 3 | French surname starter; only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 37% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |