| 100% | RHODE | 5 | Part of the name of the smallest U.S. state |
| 65% | ANI | 3 | What the names of three contiguous U.S. states begin with |
| 65% | SAN | 3 | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| 63% | CITY | 4 | Part of the names of four state capitals |
| 62% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
| 62% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 61% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 61% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 60% | COUNCILHOUSING | 14 | Part of the welfare state in the U.K. |
| 59% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 59% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 58% | IOWA | 4 | State whose land became part of the US in the Louisiana Purchase |
| 58% | DES | 3 | Part of the name of Iowa’s capital |
| 57% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 56% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 56% | MONA | 4 | Part of the name of Da Vinci's famous portrait |
| 56% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 56% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not part of a U.S. state name |
| 56% | ARIZONA | 7 | Southwestern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
| 56% | MINNESOTA | 9 | Midwestern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
| 56% | TENNESSEE | 9 | Southern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
| 56% | NEW | 3 | Word that begins the names of four US states |
| 56% | NEW | 3 | Word that starts the names of four US states |
| 55% | NEWYORK | 7 | Northeastern state that's the first part of two NFL teams' names: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LAS | 3 | Part of the name of the gambling town |
| 54% | UEL | 3 | First name of the NW Missouri State U. president (1921-45) after which Maryville's Lamkin Activity Center is named |
| 54% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state |
| 54% | URI | 3 | Sch. in the smallest U.S. state |
| 54% | RHODY | 5 | "Little ___" (nickname for the smallest U.S. state) |
| 54% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state (Abbr.) |