| 100% | OHTHE | 5 | The first two words from the song "Mack the Knife": 2 wds. |
| 64% | ISEE | 4 | First two words of the song "Bad Moon Rising" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | OSAY | 4 | The first two words in the American national anthem: 2 wds |
| 47% | DONOT | 5 | First two words in "DND": 2 wds. |
| 45% | AHORSE | 6 | First two words sung in the "Mister Ed" theme song |
| 45% | NOTI | 4 | Words of denial from the Little Red Hen: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ASOFT | 5 | "___ Place to Land," song from the musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 43% | INAWE | 5 | "He was ___ of her from the first day" (bowled over) : 2 wds. |
| 43% | IMTIRED | 7 | Words from the weary (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ANTHONYRIZZO | 12 | First baseman acquired by the Yankees from the Cubs before the 2021 trade deadline: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NEWYORK | 7 | Northeastern state that's the first part of two NFL teams' names: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WONTBACKDOWN | 12 | "I ___," 1989 song by Tom Petty from the album "Full Moon Fever": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | "___ peanut butter sandwiches!" (magic words from The Amazing Mumford on "Sesame Street"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | TENZINGNORGAY | 13 | Sherpa who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROSALYNNCARTER | 14 | First Lady who wrote the 1984 memoir "First Lady From Plains": 2 wds. |
| 42% | LAURABUSH | 9 | First Lady who wrote the 2010 memoir "Spoken From the Heart": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DUELINGBANJOS | 13 | Instrumental song from the movie "Deliverance" that hit #2 in 1973: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEEME | 5 | Unwelcome words from the teacher (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HEYYOU | 6 | "___, out there in the cold..." (Pink Floyd's song from "The Wall"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | HESAID | 6 | Song by Group 1 Crew from the album "Fearless" featuring Chris August: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SHELOVESYOU | 11 | Song played by the Beatles on their first two appearances on "The 23-Across Show" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | EDMUNDHILLARY | 13 | New Zealand mountaineer who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BIGMISTAKE | 10 | Song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia from her debut album "Left of the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNSEBASTIAN | 13 | He performed the #1 hit theme song from "Welcome Back, Kotter": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ITBE | 4 | "Let ___," final song from The Beatles before McCartney announced his departure: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | Bunny from Wonderland, or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IMA | 3 | "___ Barbie girl, in the Barbie world ..." (lyrics from a 1997 song): 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNLITHGOW | 11 | "3rd Rock from the Sun" actor who plays Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the first two seasons of "The Crown" (2 wds.) |