| 100% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of the highest-altitude U.S. capital |
| 87% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of the highest U.S. state capital |
| 62% | ALASKA | 6 | U.S. state with the highest percentage of Native residents |
| 59% | SANTAFE | 7 | U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet) |
| 58% | ANGELENO | 8 | Resident of the U.S.'s second-largest city |
| 57% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of America's highest capital |
| 55% | DOL | 3 | Capital of the U.S.? |
| 54% | OTTAWAN | 7 | Resident of the capital of Canada |
| 54% | DOL | 3 | Capital of the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 54% | SANTAFE | 7 | Capital of the southwest U.S. |
| 54% | CONCORD | 7 | Capital of the northeast U.S. |
| 54% | OLYMPIA | 7 | Capital of the northwest U.S. |
| 54% | ATLANTA | 7 | Capital of the southeast U.S. |
| 54% | TONGAN | 6 | Resident of the Polynesian capital Nuku'alofa |
| 54% | HOOSIER | 7 | Resident of the state of Indiana, US |
| 54% | TAOS | 4 | ___ Ski Valley, one of the highest municipalities in the U.S. (9,207 feet) |
| 53% | SALEM | 5 | Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon |
| 52% | COLORADOPLATEAU | 15 | Region with the highest concentration of national parks in the U.S. |
| 52% | TRENTON | 7 | Capital of the U.S. for 54 days in 1784 |
| 51% | NYC | 3 | Former capital of the U.S. |
| 51% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 51% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | The capital of the U.S.A: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BOISE | 5 | With 3-Down, U.S. capital + state with the fewest number of combined letters |
| 50% | OAHU | 4 | Locale of the westernmost US capital |
| 50% | OSLO | 4 | Capital of the world's happiest country, per a 2017 U.N. survey |
| 49% | MEDAL | 5 | Presidential ___ of Freedom, highest civilian award in the U.S. |
| 49% | DENVER | 6 | Capital of the Neutral Zone in Amazon's "The Man in the High Castle" |
| 48% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 48% | NSYNC | 5 | Musical group whose album "No Strings Attached" was the highest-selling album of 2000 in the U.S. |
| 48% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |