| 100% | TRIBE | 5 | What many a U.S. state is named after |
| 64% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 62% | UTE | 3 | Indigenous people after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 61% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a western U.S. state is named |
| 59% | PUN | 3 | What many a Ben & Jerry's flavor name is |
| 57% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a U.S. state is named |
| 57% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which a U.S. state was named |
| 56% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 56% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 53% | MAINECOON | 9 | Large breed of cat named after a U.S. state |
| 52% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country band named after a US state |
| 51% | TOWEL | 5 | What most of us dry off with after a shower |
| 50% | PLUTONIUM | 9 | Element named after what is now a dwarf planet |
| 49% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 48% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |
| 48% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 48% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after which a state was named |
| 47% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name |
| 47% | HAWAII | 6 | U.S. state that is a volcanic archipelago |
| 47% | LIBERIA | 7 | Country whose capital is named after an early U.S. president |
| 47% | USS | 3 | Letters before many a state's name |
| 46% | OKLA | 4 | Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name |
| 46% | GEORGIA | 7 | U.S. state that shares its name with a country |
| 46% | DAKOTA | 6 | Tribe that two U.S. states are named for |
| 46% | ITHACA | 6 | U.S. city named after a Greek island |
| 46% | DES | 3 | Only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 46% | MAINE | 5 | Only U.S. state with a monosyllabic name |
| 46% | MOTTO | 5 | Most U.S. states have a Latin one |
| 46% | INN | 3 | What many a motel is called |
| 45% | DAKOTA | 6 | People for whom two U.S. states are named |