| 100% | NOMINATED | 9 | Picked by the party |
| 65% | NIT | 3 | It's picked by the picky |
| 65% | NITS | 4 | They're picked by the picky |
| 65% | CEO | 3 | Corporate exec picked by the board |
| 65% | XXX | 3 | It's picked by the petty |
| 64% | NIT | 3 | It may be picked by the picky |
| 59% | AYN | 3 | Author Rand admired by the Tea Party |
| 57% | UNPERSON | 8 | Someone who's been erased by the Party, in a classic dystopian novel |
| 57% | HASTINGS | 8 | Infamous cutoff taken by the Donner Party in 1846 |
| 55% | DUMA | 4 | Most of its seats are held by the Yedinaya Rossiya party |
| 55% | ERA | 3 | Constitutional proposal supported by the National Woman's Party, for short |
| 54% | ERRAND | 6 | Picking up mistletoe for the holiday office party, e.g. |
| 53% | ZOMBIE | 6 | Song by The Cranberries that can lift the spirits of any Halloween party |
| 53% | POLITBURO | 9 | This first executive committee created in Russia by the Bolshevik Party in 1917 |
| 52% | WHIG | 4 | Political party founded by Henry Clay in the 1830s |
| 52% | BIRTHDAY | 8 | Play by Harold Pinter The __ Party |
| 52% | HAMLET | 6 | "___ (Pow, Pow, Pow)" song by The Birthday Party featuring a famous Shakespearean literary character |
| 51% | TEA | 3 | Mad ___ Party (event attended by Alice and the March Hare) |
| 51% | CHUCK | 5 | ___ Bednarik, linebacker who was selected first overall draft pick by the Eagles and won the Maxwell Award in 1948 |
| 51% | VIBES | 5 | Things picked up by the perceptive |
| 51% | PROTEM | 6 | President ___ (Senate position typically held by the majority party’s most senior member, for short) |
| 50% | ETA | 3 | Information needed by someone picking you up at the airport: Abbr. |
| 50% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Elway, quarterback who was selected first overall draft pick by the Colts and is a 2-time Super Bowl champ |
| 50% | JIM | 3 | ___ Plunkett, quarterback who was selected first overall draft pick by the Patriots and is a 2-time Super Bowl champ |
| 50% | YMCA | 4 | Interactive party song by the Village People |
| 49% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 49% | TERRY | 5 | ___ Bradshaw, football quarterback who was selected first overall draft pick by the Steelers and is a 4-time Super Bowl champ |
| 48% | GOODTIMECHARLIE | 15 | Life of the party |
| 48% | INVITE | 6 | Ask to the party |
| 48% | CAME | 4 | Got to the party |