| 100% | REMI | 4 | Second and third in a sequence |
| 62% | GEARS | 5 | What first, second, and third are, in a car |
| 61% | BASES | 5 | First, second and third in baseball |
| 55% | DEL | 3 | Third key in a reboot sequence |
| 55% | ALT | 3 | Second key in a reboot sequence |
| 54% | BASES | 5 | First, second, and third, in softball |
| 51% | MATES | 5 | First, second, and third on a deck |
| 51% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 48% | BASE | 4 | First, second, or third, in a ballpark |
| 48% | GEARS | 5 | First, second, and reverse, in a car |
| 48% | REDRAFTS | 8 | Second and third versions |
| 47% | AMAT | 4 | Third in a familiar conjugation |
| 47% | AMAT | 4 | Third in a Latin recital |
| 47% | AMAT | 4 | Third in a Latin series |
| 47% | SONOFFRANKENSTEIN | 17 | Third in a horror series |
| 47% | TRE | 3 | Third in a Roman series |
| 47% | SAL | 3 | Third baseman Bando who played for the A's in the 1960s and 1970s |
| 47% | DOESITHAVEANN | 13 | Q: ___ / A: There are two, in the third and seventh squares below |
| 46% | EARTH | 5 | Third in a group of eight |
| 46% | GEARS | 5 | First, second and third |
| 46% | ORDINALS | 8 | First, second and third |
| 46% | BASES | 5 | First, second and third |
| 46% | PLACES | 6 | First, second and third |
| 46% | DNA | 3 | Stuff in a sequence |
| 46% | PHASE | 5 | Step in a sequence |
| 46% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singer Demi Lovato was a judge in the second and third season of this music-based reality show: 3 wds. |
| 46% | GAMMA | 5 | Third in a group of twenty-four |
| 46% | EARTH | 5 | Third in a noted set of eight |
| 46% | TRIFECTA | 8 | First, second and third, exactly |
| 46% | INFIELD | 7 | First, second and third place |