| 100% | NEB | 3 | State that's north of Kansas: Abbr. |
| 79% | ALA | 3 | State that's north of Florida's panhandle: Abbr. |
| 79% | ORE | 3 | State that's north of California and Nevada: Abbr. |
| 79% | IDA | 3 | State that's north of Nevada and Utah: Abbr. |
| 74% | ALA | 3 | State that's north and west of Florida's panhandle: Abbr. |
| 68% | UTAH | 4 | State that's north of Arizona |
| 68% | IOWA | 4 | State that's north of Missouri |
| 64% | NEB | 3 | State north of Kansas (Abbr.) |
| 64% | ORE | 3 | State that's south of Washington: Abbr. |
| 64% | ALA | 3 | State that's east of Mississippi: Abbr. |
| 64% | IDA | 3 | State that's west of Montana: Abbr. |
| 64% | CAL | 3 | State that's south of Oregon: Abbr. |
| 64% | ALA | 3 | State that's west of Georgia: Abbr. |
| 64% | OKLA | 4 | State that's west of Arkansas: Abbr. |
| 64% | IDA | 3 | State that's east of Washington: Abbr. |
| 62% | IOWA | 4 | Four-letter state that's north of Missouri |
| 60% | IDA | 3 | State that's east of Washington and Oregon: Abbr. |
| 60% | IDA | 3 | State that's east of Oregon and Washington: Abbr. |
| 60% | UTAH | 4 | State that's west of Colorado and north of Arizona |
| 59% | MICH | 4 | State that's sort of shaped like a mitten: Abbr. |
| 59% | ALA | 3 | State north of Florida's panhandle: Abbr. |
| 56% | ALA | 3 | Southern state that's first alphabetically in a list of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 54% | DAK | 3 | State that may be north or south, abbr. |
| 54% | ORE | 3 | State north of California: Abbr. |
| 54% | OKLA | 4 | State north of Texas: Abbr. |
| 53% | ELM | 3 | American ___ (shade tree that's the state tree of North Dakota and Massachusetts) |
| 53% | OKLA | 4 | State south of Kansas: Abbr. |
| 52% | ALA | 3 | State that borders Florida and the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |
| 51% | ORE | 3 | State just north of California: Abbr. |
| 51% | ALA | 3 | State that has a small border with the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |