| 100% | DELAWARE | 8 | The First State |
| 100% | DE | 2 | The First State |
| 93% | DEL | 3 | The First State: Abbr. |
| 90% | DELAWARE | 8 | The First State of the US |
| 88% | DEBRIEFS | 8 | Underwear from the First State? |
| 88% | DOVER | 5 | Capital of the first state |
| 86% | DEL | 3 | The first state to ratify the US Constitution: Abbr. |
| 85% | DEL | 3 | The first US state: Abbr. |
| 84% | ALA | 3 | Alphabetically, the first state of USA, for short |
| 80% | ARMENIAN | 8 | Member of the first state to adopt Christianity as its religion |
| 80% | CNN | 3 | The first all-news channel in the United States |
| 80% | DEL | 3 | First state admitted to the US: Abbr. |
| 80% | DEL | 3 | First state to ratify the Constitution: Abbr. |
| 80% | DELAWARE | 8 | First state to ratify the US Constitution |
| 79% | DELAWARE | 8 | "The First State" |
| 77% | DEL | 3 | First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution: Abbr. |
| 75% | CAROLINA | 8 | South __, first state to secede from the USA |
| 74% | DEL | 3 | "The First State": Abbr. |
| 74% | RICE | 4 | Condoleezza who was the first female African-American secretary of state |
| 74% | YALE | 4 | University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States |
| 73% | DELAWARE | 8 | Nickednamed, "The First State" |
| 73% | MARIETTA | 8 | Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state (1788) |
| 73% | DOUG | 4 | Emhoff who will be the first Second Gentleman of the United States |
| 73% | WASHINGTON | 10 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 73% | COLORADO | 8 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 72% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 72% | IOWA | 4 | State with the first presidential caucus |
| 71% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital whose last two letters are the first two letters of its state |
| 71% | JOHNBROWN | 9 | *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States |
| 71% | NEVADA | 6 | State with the first female-majority legislature |