| 100% | UNITED | 6 | The "U" in U.S.A. |
| 95% | BLUE | 4 | A color in the U.S. flag |
| 94% | STATES | 6 | The "S" in U.S.A |
| 92% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake ___, a Western lake in the U.S. |
| 90% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 90% | DDT | 3 | Target of a 1972 ban in the U.S. |
| 90% | ATM | 3 | It's called a cashpoint in the U.K. |
| 90% | DIAPER | 6 | It's called a "nappy" in the U.K. |
| 90% | AMER | 4 | The "A" in U.S.A.: Abbr. |
| 90% | NAVAL | 5 | The "N" in U.S.N.A |
| 90% | MESA | 4 | Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat |
| 89% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 89% | ANDREA | 6 | Girl's name in the U.S. that's a boy's name in Italy |
| 88% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
| 88% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 88% | NAPLES | 6 | City on a gulf in either Europe or the U.S. |
| 87% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 86% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 86% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 86% | SODA | 4 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 86% | POP | 3 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 85% | SIR | 3 | Title for a man granted in the U.K. but not in the U.S. |
| 85% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 85% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
| 85% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 85% | FORTMCHENRY | 11 | Historic U.S. place in the shape of a five-pointed star |
| 85% | ELS | 3 | He won the 1994 U.S. Open in a 20-hole playoff |
| 84% | UNION | 5 | The "U" in U.S.S.R. |
| 84% | BORN | 4 | "__ in the U.S.A."; Springsteen hit |
| 84% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (Springsteen album) |