| 100% | DEAR | 4 | The start of many letters? |
| 94% | WHOM | 4 | Pronoun in the starts of many letters |
| 84% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of many internet addresses |
| 77% | DEAR | 4 | Start of many letters |
| 77% | DEAR | 4 | Start of many letters? |
| 73% | THOU | 4 | Pronoun at the start of many commandments |
| 73% | DEAR | 4 | Start of many a letter |
| 71% | THOU | 4 | Start of most of the Ten Commandments |
| 70% | AREALMAN | 8 | What "it takes," at the start of many macho mantras |
| 70% | FYI | 3 | Abbr. that's at the start of many forwarded emails |
| 70% | BEST | 4 | Start of many category names at the Oscars |
| 69% | OCANADA | 7 | Anthem heard at the start of many hockey games: 2 wds. |
| 69% | MONDAY | 6 | The start of the work week for many people |
| 68% | NINE | 4 | Start of the workday, for many |
| 67% | DEARSIRS | 8 | The start of a formal letter to a group of men |
| 67% | MON | 3 | Start of the work wk., for many |
| 66% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole |
| 65% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of an address? |
| 65% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of a link |
| 65% | ABC | 3 | Starting letters of the alphabet |
| 64% | DEER | 4 | Start of a letter in the form of a rebus |
| 64% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 64% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of some internet addresses |
| 64% | ABC | 3 | Letters at the start of a preschool song |
| 64% | ULT | 3 | Letters at the start of "ultra" or "ulterior" |
| 63% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of a destroyer's name |
| 63% | ISO | 3 | Letters at the start of some dating-profile bios |
| 63% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 62% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of names of American aircraft carriers |
| 62% | TOA | 3 | Start of the title of many an ode |