| 100% | RIVAL | 5 | Same-state opponent, often |
| 55% | VESTEDINTERESTS | 15 | Reform opponents, often |
| 54% | HERO | 4 | Supervillain's opponent, often |
| 53% | TPK | 3 | State hwy., often |
| 51% | SHOCK | 5 | State often following injury |
| 50% | REP | 3 | Democrat's opponent, often: Abbr. |
| 50% | ALLY | 4 | State on the same side |
| 49% | DISARRAY | 8 | State of teen's room, often |
| 48% | ATWAR | 5 | Like feudal states, often |
| 47% | ALASKA | 6 | Often-cold state whose capital is Juneau |
| 47% | CAKINESS | 8 | State of crusty, lumpiness, often face powder |
| 47% | OAXACA | 6 | Zapotecs' home state, often |
| 46% | IOWA | 4 | State that presidential candidates often focus on early |
| 46% | TPKE | 4 | Rd. often named for a state |
| 46% | SHOWTHYME | 9 | At the state fair, farmers often __ |
| 46% | TPKS | 4 | Toll rds. often named for states |
| 46% | LOTTO | 5 | Gambling game often run by states |
| 46% | FOODCOMA | 8 | Post-Thanksgiving state, often |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | State that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 45% | ZIP | 3 | Code often following city or a state |
| 45% | TPKE | 4 | Road often named for a state (Abbr.) |
| 45% | OREO | 4 | Cookie often deep-fried at state fairs |
| 44% | TENN | 4 | State trisected by a river of the same name: Abbr. |
| 44% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | State of having two sides that are not the same |
| 43% | AVE | 3 | Prop. often named for a state in Monopoly |
| 43% | MAINE | 5 | Northeastern state where lobster rolls are often enjoyed |
| 42% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Retrace one's course often over the same steps |
| 42% | KUWAIT | 6 | __ City; oil rich capital with same name as state |
| 41% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 41% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |