| 100% | SELA | 4 | Ward of "Once and Again" |
| 98% | SELA | 4 | Ward of “Once and Again” |
| 89% | SELA | 4 | "Once and Again" Ward of |
| 71% | SELA | 4 | "Once and Again" actress Ward |
| 70% | THRICE | 6 | Once and again and again |
| 67% | TWICE | 5 | Once and again |
| 62% | ART | 3 | Paul's partner, once and again |
| 62% | TWICE | 5 | Once and once again |
| 61% | THRICE | 6 | Again and then once again |
| 59% | RETRO | 5 | Cool once, and now again |
| 58% | SELA | 4 | "Sisters" and "Once and Again" Emmy winner Ward |
| 56% | SELA | 4 | Actress Ward of "CSI: NY" and "FBI" |
| 55% | ENCORED | 7 | Turned red once and demanded to play again |
| 55% | SELA | 4 | ___ Ward, of "Sisters" and "CSI: NY" fame |
| 54% | SELAWARD | 8 | *"Once and Again" actress |
| 53% | LILYMANNING | 11 | Sela Ward's "Once and Again" character, who shares a last name with Giants quarterback Eli: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SELA | 4 | Ward who won Emmys for "Once and Again" and "Sisters" |
| 52% | OCHO | 4 | Average of cinco and once |
| 51% | HOLYROMANEMPIRE | 15 | Franconia and Bavaria were once part of it |
| 51% | POLE | 4 | Track and field item once made of bamboo |
| 51% | UPI | 3 | Employer of Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley, once |
| 51% | GSUITE | 6 | Set of programs including Drive and Docs, once |
| 51% | ROMA | 4 | Ruler of Gallia and Britannia, once |
| 50% | DAHL | 4 | John —, director of films Rounders and Kill Me Again |
| 50% | WBA | 3 | Tate and Bowe were once champions of it: Abbr. |
| 50% | POWELL | 6 | Colin, once a general and US secretary of state |
| 50% | USSR | 4 | Armenia and Estonia were once part of it: Abbr. |
| 50% | USSR | 4 | Ukraine and Belarus were once part of it: Abbr. |
| 50% | RUBITIN | 7 | Remind again and again of an error |