| 100% | FLEETS | 6 | The US Second and Third and Russia's Baltic, for example |
| 46% | BASES | 5 | Home, first, second and third for the Yankees |
| 41% | ERRED | 5 | Crossed the I's and dotted the T's, for example |
| 40% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 40% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 40% | TOMES | 5 | Shakespeare's First and Second Folios, for example |
| 40% | ALEUTIANS | 9 | Chain owned by Russia and the U.S. |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | The Baltic, for example |
| 39% | NOAH | 4 | Second-most-popular name for baby boys in the U.S. in 2022 |
| 39% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular name for boys in the U.S. in 2017 and 2018 |
| 39% | EXILES | 6 | Manuel Quezon in the U.S. and Kwame Nkrumah in Guinea, for two |
| 38% | SEA | 3 | The Aegean or the Baltic, for example |
| 38% | SPYPLANE | 8 | The U-2, for example |
| 38% | ABMS | 4 | The Navy's RIM-161 Standard 3 and the MIM-104 Patriot, for example |
| 38% | SAL | 3 | Third baseman Bando who played for the A's in the 1960s and 1970s |
| 38% | SHIPS | 5 | The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, for example |
| 38% | MUSEUMS | 7 | The Louvre and MoMA, for example |
| 38% | SANDBOXGAMES | 12 | The Sims and Minecraft, for example |
| 38% | SIGNS | 5 | Touches one's chin and moves the hand down to say "Thank you," for example |
| 37% | YEN | 3 | Third-most traded currency, after the US dollar and the euro |
| 37% | IDIOMS | 6 | "Toe the line" and "thumb a ride," for example: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SLOGANS | 7 | "Taste the rainbow" and "Do the Dew," for example |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | The night before Christmas and New Years, for example |
| 37% | ERAS | 4 | The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | The Baltic or the Bering, for example |
| 37% | TRIOS | 5 | The Police and the Lumineers, for example |
| 37% | SEAS | 4 | The Aegean and the Caribbean, for example |
| 37% | CANALS | 6 | The Suez and the Panama, for example |
| 37% | BONES | 5 | The scapula and the sternum, for example |
| 37% | NBATEAMS | 8 | The Warriors and the Lakers, for example |