| 100% | RBS | 3 | Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith in the NFL: Abbr. |
| 45% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning named Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2016 |
| 41% | RBS | 3 | Handoff recipients in the NFL: Abbr. |
| 41% | TDS | 3 | Six-point scores in the NFL: Abbr. |
| 41% | RBS | 3 | NFL's Jim Brown and Walter Payton: Abbr. |
| 40% | YDS | 3 | Running back's stat in the NFL: Abbr. |
| 40% | RUSHER | 6 | Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton |
| 40% | RBS | 3 | NFL's Jim Brown and Walter Payton, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 38% | SEP | 3 | Labor Day month, in the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 37% | CSF | 3 | Liquid in the spine and brain: Abbr. |
| 37% | USD | 3 | Green in the Red, White, and Blue: abbr. |
| 37% | TDS | 3 | Six-pointers in the NFL (Abbr.) |
| 36% | YDS | 3 | The ten in "first and ten": Abbr. |
| 36% | USSR | 4 | Country that underwent perestroika in the eighties and nineties: Abbr. |
| 35% | FBI | 3 | Intelligence agency in "Judas and the Black Messiah": Abbr. |
| 35% | NSA | 3 | Security and surveillance body in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 35% | LAMAR | 5 | Quarterback Jackson who was the NFL's MVP in 2019 and 2023 |
| 35% | NASA | 4 | Organization featured in the movies "The Martian" and "The Right Stuff": Abbr. |
| 35% | NOS | 3 | Letters seen on nitrous cylinders in the "Fast and Furious" movies : Abbr. |
| 35% | UAW | 3 | American labor union representing workers in the U.S. and Canada: Abbr. |
| 35% | KURTWARNER | 10 | Arizona Cardinals quarterback awarded the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LTS | 3 | Fuzz and Flap, in the comics: Abbr. |
| 35% | SSRS | 4 | Latvia and Lithuania, in the '60s: Abbr. |
| 34% | EMMITT | 6 | NFL great Smith who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2006 |
| 34% | INITS | 5 | The J. and K. in J. K. Rowling: Abbr. |
| 34% | PREV | 4 | The third button in media players, besides Play/Pause and Next: Abbr. |
| 34% | MLB | 3 | Organization that the Yankees and Red Sox play in: Abbr. |
| 34% | IDA | 3 | State in both the Mountain and Pacific time zones: Abbr. |
| 33% | CHRISLONG | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles defensive end awarded the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ELIMANNING | 10 | New York Giants quarterback awarded the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2016 (2 wds.) |