| 100% | ENOLAGAY | 8 | Plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 |
| 52% | HIROSHIMA | 9 | City in Japan; target in 1945 of the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area |
| 38% | HBOMAX | 6 | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| 35% | DEW | 3 | Drops of moisture on grass that may sparkle in the sun |
| 34% | ENIAC | 5 | Machine finished in 1945 that was the world's first electronic general-purpose digital computer |
| 33% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 33% | USB | 3 | "People that can plug the ___ in on their first try, How?" (Quora query) |
| 33% | OTERO | 5 | New Mexico county where the first atomic bomb was exploded |
| 32% | LOSALAMOS | 9 | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| 32% | BALL | 4 | Times Square ___ Drop, New Year event that was first held on New Year's Eve in 1907 |
| 31% | NEL | 3 | Dept. created in 1945 that directed Bathyscaphe Trieste on its 1960 dive of 35,000 feet plus into the Challenger Deep (abbr.) |
| 31% | MAGICAL | 7 | & 7D Film starring, written and co-directed by The Beatles that first aired on BBC TV in 1967 |
| 31% | IDITAROD | 8 | Annual competition that starts on the first Saturday in March |
| 30% | POTSDAM | 7 | City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II |
| 30% | GLIDER | 6 | Engineless plane that flies on the wind |
| 30% | CBS | 3 | Co. that first went on the air in 1927 with the Howard L. Barlow Orchestra from station WOR in Newark, NJ |
| 29% | INC | 3 | The first magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover, in 1981 |
| 29% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Adele hit that was the first James Bond theme to debut in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 |
| 29% | EDEN | 4 | First place on Earth mentioned in the Bible |
| 29% | DEW | 3 | Drops of water that form in the night |
| 29% | TEARS | 5 | Drops that come from ducts in the eyes |
| 29% | PERIL | 5 | "For those in ___ on the sea" |
| 29% | GORE | 4 | Representative who made the first speech on C-SPAN in 1979 |
| 29% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 29% | FRANCE | 6 | First country that Germany declared war on in WWI |
| 29% | URUGUAY | 7 | Country that won the first World Cup in Soccer |
| 29% | URUGUAY | 7 | Country that won the first World Cup in 1930 |
| 28% | SNAKES | 6 | __ on a Plane, reptiles in the air movie |
| 28% | AARDVARK | 8 | Animal that comes first in the alphabet |
| 28% | PERIL | 5 | "For those in ___ on the sea..." (danger) |