| 100% | CAROL | 5 | Secretary of the Pointy-Haired Boss, in "Dilbert" |
| 67% | INEPT | 5 | Like the Pointy-Haired Boss in "Dilbert" |
| 52% | EVENSTEVEN | 10 | Secretary of the treasury Mnuchin in a really mellow moment? |
| 52% | HAALAND | 7 | Deb ___, secretary of the interior starting in 2021 |
| 51% | DEB | 3 | Haaland who became secretary of the interior in 2021 |
| 49% | UMBO | 4 | Central boss in the center of shield |
| 48% | EXECUTIVE | 9 | One of the top bosses in a company |
| 48% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 47% | EMILIO | 6 | First name of the Mob boss Barzini, in “The Godfather” |
| 47% | CURLY | 5 | The opposite of straight, in terms of hair |
| 46% | DREADLOCK | 9 | Piece of hair in the Sanskrit Jata style |
| 45% | SIDEBURNS | 9 | Hair in front of the ears |
| 45% | DEANRUSK | 8 | U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office |
| 45% | MRSLATE | 7 | Quarry boss of Fred and Barney in the Flintstones |
| 45% | ALEXANDERHAIG | 13 | Secretary of State who suggested a "nuclear warning shot" in Europe would deter the Soviet Union |
| 44% | SILKY | 5 | Like the hair of a model in a shampoo ad |
| 44% | LANUGO | 6 | Fine layer of hair covering a baby in the womb |
| 44% | CASHMERE | 8 | Wool made from the hair of goats in northern India |
| 44% | FOLLICLE | 8 | Small cavity in the skin that a hair grows out of |
| 43% | DEB | 3 | Secretary of the Interior Haaland |
| 43% | DOUG | 4 | Secretary of the Interior Burgum |
| 43% | TRIMS | 5 | Cuts off a bit of hair ... as seen in the circled letters? |
| 43% | GEORGESCHULTZ | 13 | Secretary of State who was in office when the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 43% | ABBESS | 6 | Maria's boss in ''The Sound of Music'' |
| 42% | USA | 3 | Birthplace of "the Boss," in song |
| 42% | HOGG | 4 | Boss ___, the antagonist in the 2005 film "The Dukes of Hazzard," portrayed by Burt Reynolds |
| 42% | MARYANNE | 8 | Secretary of the Baby-Sitters Club |
| 42% | ANISTON | 7 | Horrible Bosses actress Jennifer ___, who plays the role of Rachel Green in "Friends" |
| 42% | BEARDED | 7 | Covered in facial hair of the chin |
| 41% | UDALL | 5 | 60's Secretary of the Interior |