| 100% | NORTH | 5 | Start of two U.S. state names |
| 80% | NEW | 3 | Start of four U.S. state names |
| 66% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 66% | CAROLINA | 8 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 66% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 65% | TWO | 3 | Number of U.S. state names that start with a V |
| 64% | IDAHO | 5 | One of two U.S. states with a panhandle |
| 64% | WACO | 4 | U.S. city whose name is composed of two state abbreviations |
| 61% | ARIZONA | 7 | One of two U.S. states that doesn't observe daylight saving time |
| 61% | DAKOTA | 6 | Tribe that two U.S. states are named for |
| 61% | DAKOTA | 6 | People for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 61% | ONE | 3 | Number of monosyllabic U.S. state names |
| 61% | ANA | 3 | Finish of three U.S. state names |
| 60% | DAKOTA | 6 | Indigenous people for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 60% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 59% | ANDREW | 6 | First name of two U.S. presidents |
| 59% | HARRISON | 8 | Last name of two U.S. presidents |
| 59% | URSA | 4 | Start of two constellation names |
| 57% | IOWA | 4 | US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 56% | WVA | 3 | One of two states formed during the U.S. Civil War |
| 56% | NONE | 4 | Number of U.S. states starting with "B" |
| 56% | SAN | 3 | Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities |
| 56% | WVA | 3 | One of two states formed during the U.S Civil War: Abbr. |
| 55% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
| 55% | SOUTH | 5 | Word that starts the names of two states |
| 55% | THREE | 5 | Number of U.S. states that start with "C" |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states that start with a D |
| 55% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |
| 54% | DES | 3 | Start of a Midwestern state capital name |
| 54% | ORTH | 4 | Part of two state names |