| 100% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of the highest U.S. state capital |
| 81% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of the highest-altitude U.S. capital |
| 70% | ALASKA | 6 | U.S. state with the highest percentage of Native residents |
| 61% | SANTAFE | 7 | U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet) |
| 61% | HOOSIER | 7 | Resident of the state of Indiana, US |
| 61% | SALEM | 5 | Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon |
| 57% | TENN | 4 | "Music City" is the nickname of this US state's capital |
| 54% | ANGELENO | 8 | Resident of the U.S.'s second-largest city |
| 54% | HAWAII | 6 | Honolulu is the capital of this US state |
| 54% | SANTAFEAN | 9 | Resident of America's highest capital |
| 53% | SANTAFE | 7 | Capital of the southwest U.S. |
| 53% | CONCORD | 7 | Capital of the northeast U.S. |
| 53% | OLYMPIA | 7 | Capital of the northwest U.S. |
| 53% | ATLANTA | 7 | Capital of the southeast U.S. |
| 53% | OMANI | 5 | Resident of the Arab world's oldest continuously independent state |
| 52% | NEWMEXICO | 9 | U.S. state with the oldest capital city |
| 52% | ALBANY | 6 | State capital that's the setting of "Ironweed" |
| 52% | BOISE | 5 | With 3-Down, U.S. capital + state with the fewest number of combined letters |
| 52% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 51% | IDAHOAN | 7 | Resident of the Gem State |
| 51% | HAWKEYE | 7 | Resident of the Corn State |
| 51% | IOWAN | 5 | Resident of the 29th state |
| 51% | OKIE | 4 | Resident of the 46th state |
| 51% | IOWAN | 5 | Resident of the Hawkeye State |
| 51% | NEVADANS | 8 | Residents of the Sagebrush State |
| 51% | DOL | 3 | Capital of the U.S.? |
| 51% | MONTPELIER | 10 | This US State Capital has the smallest population of them all and doesn't even have a McDonald's |
| 51% | OREGON | 6 | One of the five U.S. states without sales tax |
| 51% | OTTAWAN | 7 | Resident of the capital of Canada |
| 51% | TEXAN | 5 | Resident of the Lone Star State |