| 100% | HOUSECARL | 9 | Paid soldier in the Anglo-Saxon army |
| 54% | PVT | 3 | Lowest-ranked soldier in the US Army: Abbr. |
| 49% | PRIVATE | 7 | Soldier of the lowest rank in the British Army |
| 48% | GRENDEL | 7 | Monstrous creature slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic |
| 45% | SALT | 4 | What ancient Roman soldiers were supposedly paid in, hence the word "salary" |
| 45% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 44% | REDCOAT | 7 | British soldier in the Revolution |
| 43% | ORC | 3 | Soldier in the Battle of Helm's Deep |
| 43% | REDCOAT | 7 | British soldier in the American Revolution |
| 43% | REDCOATS | 8 | British soldiers in the Revolutionary War |
| 43% | URIAH | 5 | ___ the Hittite, soldier in King David's army |
| 43% | INFANTRY | 8 | Collection of foot soldiers in an army |
| 42% | YANKEE | 6 | Northern soldier in the American Civil War |
| 42% | GENERAL | 7 | Highest officer rank in the US Army |
| 42% | SEPOY | 5 | Native of India in the British army |
| 42% | SERGEANTS | 9 | Officers of low rank in the army |
| 42% | FLATFEET | 8 | Medical condition prevents marching in the army |
| 42% | HESSIAN | 7 | Like some soldiers in the American Revolution |
| 42% | REDCOATS | 8 | British soldiers in the US War of Independence |
| 42% | RUSES | 5 | Hiding soldiers in the Trojan horse and such |
| 42% | RANK | 4 | Captain or Major, in the army |
| 42% | ONKP | 4 | Assigned to peeling, in the army |
| 41% | HUP | 3 | One in the Army |
| 41% | MESS | 4 | Meal, in the army |
| 41% | STINT | 5 | Time in the Army |
| 41% | INFANTRY | 8 | Foot soldiers in armies |
| 41% | FOXHOLE | 7 | A DIY shelter dug by soldiers in the ground |
| 41% | MSGTS | 5 | Ones graded E-8 in the Army |
| 41% | RANKS | 5 | Major, colonel, and general, in the army |
| 41% | STINT | 5 | Period of service, as in the Army |