| 100% | BIGBANGTHEORY | 13 | Origin-of-the-universe premise first given scientific support in an essay published in "Physical Review" on April 1, 1948 (3 wds.) |
| 31% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | First overall #1 draft pick to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, an outfielder drafted by the Mariners in 1987: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 31% | THENETHERLANDS | 14 | European country that legalized same-sex marriage on April 1, 2001, the first country in the world to do so (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SAMWORTHINGTON | 14 | "Avatar: The Way of Water" actor who plays a Union Army first lieutenant in "Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THEWHITEALBUM | 13 | American writer Joan Didion's 1979 book of essays on the history and politics of California in the late 60s and early 70s: 3 wds. |
| 27% | HIPSDONTLIE | 11 | Shakira/Wyclef Jean song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 2006: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THESISSTATEMENT | 15 | Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay |
| 26% | CHARLESDARWIN | 13 | Biologist who gave the theory of evolution in "On the Origin of Species", that is depicted in the 2009 movie "Creation": 2 wds. |
| 26% | SHADOWANDACT | 12 | Collection of political, social and critical essays by Ralph Ellison published in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 26% | FREDCDOBBS | 10 | Humphrey Bogart's role in 1948's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre": 3 wds. |
| 26% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | Song by "The Doors," from an album released in January 1967 which spent three weeks at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 26% | BILLYRAYCYRUS | 13 | "Some Gave All" country singer who came in fifth place with partner Karina Smirnoff on season 4 of "Dancing with the Stars" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | SKETCH | 6 | & 5D The — of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 |
| 26% | GEORGEPSMITH | 12 | American biologist who shared one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Gregory P. Winter, for work on phage display: 3 wds. |
| 26% | PAGE | 4 | One of 1,225 in the first published edition of "War and Peace" |
| 25% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Film based on the story of Max Stuart in which actor Ben Mendelsohn plays media mogul Rupert Murdoch: 3 wds. |
| 25% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | "Always on My Mind" singer who won one of the first Grammy Legend Awards, in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 25% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 25% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | Lil Nas X hit with a record-setting 143 million US streams in the week of April 20, 2019: 3 wds. |
| 25% | DANICAPATRICK | 13 | Racing great who became the first woman driver to win an Indy car race in April 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SHERYLLEERALPH | 14 | "Abbott Elementary" actress who's getting a Television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 3 wds. |
| 25% | MIRANDALAMBERT | 14 | "Vice" singer who came in third on the first season of "Nashville Star": 2 wds. |
| 25% | CHASEELLIOTT | 12 | Winner of 18 NASCAR Cup Series races who finished first in stage 1 of the 2024 Daytona 500 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MRMOJORISIN | 11 | Phrase used in the song "L.A. Woman," by Jim Morrison which is an anagram of his name: 3 wds. |
| 25% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by Toni Morrison which is about the life of an African-American man living in Michigan: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ADVENT | 6 | & 18D First day of the liturgical year in Western Christianity, falling on any date between November 27 and December 3 |
| 25% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Yankees player Alex, who was involved in Baseball's first instant replay review, on the day of Halloween |
| 25% | WILT | 4 | First name of the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game |