| 100% | HATH | 4 | Word in the first Morse message |
| 60% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 59% | HATH | 4 | Verb in the first telegraph message |
| 59% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 59% | SYNE | 4 | Last word in the first song of the year |
| 58% | NONE | 4 | Last word in the first verse of "Old Mother Hubbard" |
| 57% | ROAM | 4 | Last word in the first line of "Home on the Range" |
| 56% | NEXT | 4 | Word to the first in line |
| 56% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 55% | DUTY | 4 | First word in the West Point motto |
| 55% | ONE | 3 | First word in the Three Musketeers' motto |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | First word in the Lord's prayer |
| 55% | ONCE | 4 | The first word in many fairy tales |
| 55% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 55% | ALSO | 4 | First word in the abbreviation A.K.A |
| 55% | ABLE | 4 | First word in the well-known Napoleonic palindrome |
| 55% | NOTRE | 5 | First word in the French Lord's Prayer |
| 54% | ONCE | 4 | Often the first word in fairytales |
| 54% | ARK | 3 | Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie |
| 54% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques" |
| 54% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of three Pixar movies |
| 54% | SPACE | 5 | First word in the “Star Trek” opening-credits monologue |
| 54% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 54% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 54% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English version of "Frère Jacques" |
| 53% | START | 5 | Word by the first square in a board game, often |
| 53% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 53% | HATH | 4 | Verb in the world's first telegraph message |
| 53% | ONCE | 4 | Usually the first word in a fairy tale |
| 52% | ARMS | 4 | The first word of Virgil's Aeneid in some English translations |