| 100% | FIREANT | 7 | Stinging insect found in the southern U.S. |
| 57% | BAYOU | 5 | Swampy area in the southern U.S. |
| 53% | OPOSSUM | 7 | Only marsupial found in the U.S. |
| 51% | ATL | 3 | Busiest airport in the southern US |
| 51% | HOT | 3 | Like summers in the southern US |
| 50% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Paris (pop. 24,476) can be found in the U.S. |
| 50% | IDAHO | 5 | Where Moscow (pop. 25,435) can be found in the U.S. |
| 49% | CORNBREAD | 9 | Baked maize staple eaten in the Southern US |
| 49% | TRAP | 4 | Hip-hop subgenre originating in the Southern US |
| 49% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers, in the U.S. |
| 48% | PEA | 3 | Black-eyed ___ (bean found in the Southern dish hoppin' John) |
| 48% | RPI | 3 | Oldest tech sch. in the U.S., founded in 1824 |
| 47% | GILA | 4 | ___ monster (lizard found in the US Southwest) |
| 47% | MAINE | 5 | Where Belgrade (pop. 3,250) and Stockholm (pop. 250) can be found in the U.S. |
| 45% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 45% | GARY | 4 | City in Indiana, US, founded in 1906 on the southern shore of Lake Michigan |
| 45% | ARMADILLO | 9 | Armored mammal found in southern US states |
| 43% | PIKESPEAK | 9 | Highest summit in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, US |
| 43% | NOR | 3 | Word found three times in the unofficial U.S. Postal Service motto |
| 42% | IDA | 3 | Where to find Moscow in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 42% | CHEROKEE | 8 | Member of a Native American people formerly of the southern US now living chiefly in Oklahoma |
| 41% | RIO | 3 | ___ Grande, river flowing through the southern U.S. and Mexico |
| 41% | CHEROKEE | 8 | Member of a Native American people formerly of the southern US who now live chiefly in Oklahoma |
| 41% | ZOOS | 4 | Only places to find anteaters in the U.S. |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | It's found in the ground |
| 40% | DALI | 4 | He's found in the Prado |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | It's found in the reeds |
| 40% | INC | 3 | Ltd., in the U.S. |
| 40% | ATM | 3 | Cashpoint, in the U.S. |
| 40% | AMER | 4 | Made in the U.S. |