| 100% | 2019 | 4 | The year, as of today |
| 69% | TIGER | 5 | Year of the ___ (It starts today!) |
| 69% | IRAN | 4 | The Persian empire as of today |
| 67% | IZVESTIA | 8 | Newspaper of today that used the 108-year-old Boris Yefimov, once Stalin's political cartoonist, as its chief illustrator |
| 65% | VEGAS | 5 | Las ___ Turkey Trot takes place every year as part of the Thanksgiving tradition |
| 64% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ____ (2020, as per the Chinese calendar) |
| 64% | TONOW | 5 | As of today |
| 62% | CDV | 3 | Year Emperor Honorius closed the Flavian Amphitheater as part of an abolition of amusements |
| 61% | DVI | 3 | The year known at the time as the "Year of the Consulship of Messala and Dagalaiphus", to Latin speakers |
| 60% | IAN | 3 | ___ Read, who retired as CEO of Pfizer, Inc. at the end of last year |
| 59% | CCV | 3 | Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta, which, as you undoubtedly know, started on a Tuesday |
| 58% | AGE | 3 | 43 for Jimmy Fallon, as of today |
| 58% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Movie legend and "War of the Worlds" radio performer born 100 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ISTANBUL | 8 | The City of Constantinople today |
| 57% | LANTERN | 7 | The final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations is also known as the Spring ___ Festival |
| 56% | AGED | 4 | Improved over the years, as wine |
| 56% | CIRCA | 5 | About the year of |
| 56% | MAGICAL | 7 | "The Year of ___ Thinking" (Joan Didion memoir adapted as a Broadway play) |
| 55% | DIDION | 6 | The Year of Magical Thinking author Joan |
| 55% | BLUESTATE | 9 | Georgia, as of last year |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord … |
| 55% | ARM | 3 | Branch, as of the military |
| 54% | ANNODO | 6 | *In the year of our Lord |
| 54% | LUCIS | 5 | Anno ___ (in the Year of Light) |
| 54% | KERNEL | 6 | Small nugget, as of the truth |
| 54% | ONSET | 5 | Initial stage, as of the flu |
| 54% | ONSET | 5 | Earliest phase, as of the flu |
| 54% | ONSET | 5 | First appearance, as of the flu |
| 54% | PARTI | 5 | First installment, as of The Godfather |