| 100% | ATO | 3 | Volume 1 starter, maybe |
| 68% | ATO | 3 | Volume 1 heading starter |
| 66% | ATOB | 4 | Volume 1 of an encyclopedia, maybe |
| 47% | ICEBREAKER | 10 | Conversation starter, maybe |
| 47% | SOUP | 4 | Meal starter, maybe |
| 47% | PANICS | 6 | Depression starters, maybe |
| 47% | RNS | 3 | IV starters, maybe |
| 46% | ATOE | 4 | Vol. 1 of a four-volume encyclopedia, maybe |
| 46% | ISSUE | 5 | Volume 1, Number 1, for one |
| 46% | ISSUES | 6 | Volume 1, Number 1 and others |
| 46% | ABC | 3 | Volume 1 of many a reference |
| 46% | WHY | 3 | Existential question starter, maybe |
| 46% | KNOB | 4 | Volume controller, maybe |
| 45% | LAP | 3 | 1/4 mile, maybe |
| 45% | ATOM | 4 | Volume 1 of a two-volume encyclopedia? |
| 45% | KILL | 4 | 2003 film, "____ Bill: Volume 1" |
| 44% | ATLAS | 5 | Encyclopedia volume, maybe |
| 43% | ATO | 3 | Start of a volume 1 label |
| 43% | LIU | 3 | Lucy of "Kill Bill: Volume 1" |
| 43% | UMA | 3 | "Kill Bill: Volume 1," actress ___ Thurman |
| 42% | UMA | 3 | Actress ___ Thurman from "Kill Bill: Volume 1" |
| 42% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman of "Kill Bill: Volume 1" |
| 42% | ANI | 3 | "Gimme ___!" (Illini cheer starter, maybe) |
| 41% | UMA | 3 | She battled Lucy in "Kill Bill: Volume 1" |
| 40% | SQIN | 4 | 1/64 of a checkerboard, maybe: Abbr. |
| 40% | SUPER | 5 | Apartment 1-A resident, maybe |
| 40% | HOAX | 4 | April 1 news story, maybe |
| 39% | STYX | 4 | 1970s-'80s band with the 2010 EP "Regeneration: Volume 1" |
| 39% | ATO | 3 | First volume heading starter |
| 38% | POOR | 4 | 1 on a scale of 1 to 5, maybe |