| 100% | KST | 3 | The ___ Kids U' Know |
| 68% | TOYS | 4 | ___ R Us, popular children's playthings retailer before the millennium that was known for being a kid's dream destination |
| 66% | GADDIS | 6 | US author known for The Recognitions |
| 65% | ALASKA | 6 | US state known as the Last Frontier |
| 65% | COLORADO | 8 | US state known for the Rocky Mountains |
| 65% | GEORGIA | 7 | US state known as the Peach State |
| 63% | BABERUTH | 8 | US famous baseball player also known as The Bambino |
| 61% | MINEO | 5 | 1950s-'60s actor known as the Switchblade Kid |
| 61% | EDYS | 4 | Well known ice-cream brand in the US |
| 61% | OPELS | 5 | Cars known as Vauxhalls in the U.K. |
| 60% | LEE | 3 | ___ Know, member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids |
| 60% | MIAMI | 5 | U.S. city known as the "cruise capital of the world" |
| 60% | THREE | 5 | U.S. ___, known in New Hampshire as the Daniel Webster Highway |
| 60% | NIH | 3 | US agency known as the "Hygienic Laboratory" prior to 1930 (abbr.) |
| 60% | MAYS | 4 | Baseball legend Willie known as the "Say Hey Kid" |
| 60% | GIJOES | 6 | Toys known as Action Men in the U.K. |
| 60% | LOON | 4 | Bird known in the U.K. as a diver |
| 59% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Actor who wrote the kid's book "Just the Two of Us" (2 wds.) |
| 59% | PAULWHITEMAN | 12 | US bandleader known as The King of Jazz who died in 1967 |
| 59% | CLARABOW | 8 | US film actress known as The It Girl who died in 1965 |
| 59% | PEREGRINE | 9 | Falcon formerly known in the US as the duck hawk |
| 59% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer best known in the US for "Orinoco Flow" |
| 59% | LERAY | 5 | Coi, US rap artist known for the 2023 song Players |
| 58% | LBJ | 3 | Name by which the US president from 1963-69 was known |
| 57% | AXE | 3 | US men's grooming brand known as "Lynx" in the UK, Australia or China |
| 56% | DOWNTOWN | 8 | Area known as the main part of a city in the US |
| 56% | VIETNAM | 7 | South-east Asian country known for the war that involved the US |
| 56% | YOUNGMAN | 8 | Henny —, London-born US comedian known as King of the One-Liners |
| 56% | AHA | 3 | Pop band best known in the US for "Take On Me": Hyph. |