| 100% | BRYN | 4 | Welsh word that starts a noted college name |
| 50% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 49% | BRYN | 4 | Welsh word in a Pennsylvania college name |
| 47% | YOUREIT | 7 | Words that start a game of tag |
| 46% | DEAR | 4 | "___ Diary," words that start a diary entry |
| 45% | DES | 3 | French word that starts a U.S. state capital |
| 44% | ETRE | 4 | Word that starts a key monologue in a French translation of Hamlet |
| 44% | SOUTH | 5 | Word that starts the names of two states |
| 44% | ERA | 3 | Word that may follow a president's name |
| 44% | NEE | 3 | Word that typically appears before a maiden name |
| 44% | NEW | 3 | Word that starts the names of four US states |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | French word that goes before a maiden name |
| 43% | DEAR | 4 | Word that often starts a letter |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Word that indicates a name change |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Word that indicates a maiden name |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Word that suggests a name change |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Word that precedes a maiden name |
| 43% | ANDUP | 5 | Words that follow a starting price |
| 42% | LENIN | 5 | Name that starts a well-known "ism" |
| 42% | NEE | 3 | Word that typically precedes a maiden name |
| 42% | NEE | 3 | Word that may precede a maiden name |
| 42% | DEAR | 4 | Word that a letter might start with |
| 42% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo heading |
| 42% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SAN | 3 | Word that starts the names of three of California’s four largest cities |
| 41% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo heading (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Word that distinguishes a married name from a birth name |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Word that typically appears before a woman's maiden name |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Word that usually appears before a woman's maiden name |
| 41% | WHATIF | 6 | Words that may start describing a hypothetical situation: 2 wds. |