| 100% | NEW | 3 | Word in several U.S. state names |
| 80% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 80% | NEW | 3 | Word in four U.S. state names |
| 80% | SOUTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 80% | NEW | 3 | Word in 4 U.S. state names |
| 80% | CAROLINA | 8 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 80% | NORTH | 5 | Word in 2 U.S. state names |
| 80% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in two U.S. state names |
| 74% | WEST | 4 | First word in a U.S. state name |
| 68% | NEW | 3 | Word in four US state names |
| 68% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 66% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 64% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 61% | ALOHA | 5 | Welcoming word in one U.S. state |
| 59% | SANS | 4 | Word in several font names |
| 59% | OKLA | 4 | Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name |
| 58% | KREME | 5 | Word in several Dunkin' Donuts doughnut names |
| 56% | CITY | 4 | Word after "Oklahoma" in a state capital's name |
| 56% | NEW | 3 | Word in four state names |
| 55% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 55% | DES | 3 | Only article in a U.S. state capital name |
| 54% | ELM | 3 | Word in more than 5,000 U.S. street names |
| 54% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four state capitals |
| 54% | NEW | 3 | First word in four state names |
| 52% | NSA | 3 | U.S. org. hidden in two U.S. state names |
| 52% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name |
| 52% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 52% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in England and five U.S. states |
| 51% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 51% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |