| 100% | ITSELF | 6 | The "se" in per se |
| 85% | ITSELF | 6 | The ''se'' in ''per se'' |
| 74% | ITSELF | 6 | The "se" of per se |
| 65% | DAMAGE | 6 | The D in DPS; __ per second |
| 60% | CALIFORNIAGIRLS | 15 | Per the Beach Boys, they're the cutest in the world |
| 59% | ITSELF | 6 | In ___ (per se) |
| 59% | WEXFORD | 7 | Irish town and county in the SE of the country |
| 58% | HUNSTANTON | 10 | Seaside resort in Norfolk on the SE shore of the Wash |
| 58% | CALIFORNIAGIRLS | 15 | They're the cutest in the world, per a hit song |
| 57% | BARI | 4 | Port in Puglia, SE Italy on the Adriatic coast |
| 57% | BARI | 4 | Port in Puglia, SE Italy, on the Adriatic coast |
| 57% | YOGA | 4 | "Skill in action," per the Bhagavad Gita |
| 57% | NEVIS | 5 | "Forgotten spot in the Caribbean," per "Hamilton" |
| 56% | RIO | 3 | Site of the largest carnival in the world, per Guinness |
| 56% | ARDEN | 5 | Where to find "books in the running brooks," per Shakespeare |
| 56% | TEMA | 4 | Port in SE Ghana on the Atlantic Ocean |
| 56% | MURCIA | 6 | City in SE Spain on the Segura River |
| 56% | ALICANTE | 8 | Port in SE Spain on the Costa Blanca |
| 56% | SYRACUSE | 8 | Port in SE Sicily on the Ionian Sea |
| 56% | FATE | 4 | It's "written in the face," per Fellini |
| 56% | FATE | 4 | It's ''written in the face,'' per Fellini |
| 56% | ERIK | 4 | "Malcolm in the Middle" child actor ___ Per Sullivan |
| 55% | OHIO | 4 | Easternmost state in the Midwest, per the U.S. Census Bureau |
| 55% | ART | 3 | "The only serious thing in the world," per Oscar Wilde |
| 55% | ARGOS | 5 | Ancient city in SE Greece in the NE Peloponnese |
| 55% | UPPSALA | 7 | City in SE Sweden, home of the botanist Linnaeus |
| 55% | LACHLAN | 7 | River in SE Australia; main tributary of the Murrumbidgee |
| 55% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree, as per the carol |
| 54% | BROWNSKINGIRL | 13 | “The best thing in the world,” per a 2019 Beyoncé song |
| 54% | BASRA | 5 | Oil port in SE Iraq; economic capital of the country |