| 100% | WEALTH | 6 | Strive Masiyiwa saying "The first __ is health" |
| 53% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to say |
| 50% | WIN | 3 | Be the first one to finish a race, say |
| 47% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 47% | KDKA | 4 | Pittsburgh radio station since 1920, said to be the world's first |
| 46% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SONS | 4 | The first were Cain and Abel |
| 46% | ADAMS | 5 | Abigail ___, former first lady whose ghost is said to haunt the White House |
| 44% | ADAM | 4 | The first human being |
| 44% | TRITE | 5 | The first ritual is banal |
| 44% | TRITE | 5 | The first ceremony is dull |
| 44% | TRITE | 5 | The first ceremony is banal |
| 44% | TRITE | 5 | The first ceremony was dull |
| 44% | TRITE | 5 | The first ritual was dull |
| 43% | RATS | 4 | Rodents said to be the first off a sinking ship |
| 43% | KANYE | 5 | First name of the rapper who once said “I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation" |
| 43% | TRAY | 4 | The first man is a dish |
| 43% | TRICE | 5 | The first cereal crop is instant |
| 43% | ATHENS | 6 | The first Olympics were held here |
| 43% | GASTROPUB | 9 | First was london's the eagle |
| 42% | PROGRESS | 8 | The first step in this is discontent |
| 42% | DETECTOR | 8 | The first metal __ was invented in 1874 |
| 42% | TEDTALK | 7 | The first one was delivered in 1984 |
| 42% | DETECTOR | 8 | The first particle __ was invented in 1911 |
| 42% | COMPUTER | 8 | The first programmable __ was built in 1938 |
| 42% | EMAIL | 5 | The first one was sent in 1971 |
| 42% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | The first book of them was published |
| 42% | STEP | 4 | "The first ___ is always the hardest" |
| 42% | TOSSASALAD | 10 | Prepare the first course, say |
| 42% | OPEN | 4 | Move the first pawn, say |