| 100% | SAN | 3 | Word that starts the names of three of California’s four largest cities |
| 74% | SAN | 3 | Word in the names of three of California's four biggest cities |
| 64% | SAN | 3 | First word of three of California's four largest cities |
| 59% | NEW | 3 | Word that starts the names of four US states |
| 57% | SAN | 3 | Word that begins the names of many California cities |
| 56% | SAN | 3 | What three of California's four largest cities share |
| 52% | SOUTH | 5 | Word that starts the names of two states |
| 52% | SAN | 3 | Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities |
| 50% | NEW | 3 | Word that begins the names of four US states |
| 49% | OPEN | 4 | Word in the names of three of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments |
| 46% | LIMA | 4 | South American capital that's the world's largest city with a four-letter name |
| 46% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the U.S.'s largest cities whose names start with X and Z |
| 44% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 44% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 43% | DES | 3 | Word in the name of Iowa’s capital city |
| 43% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 43% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that's the name of a 2014 movie |
| 43% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city that shares the name of the Great Lake it's on |
| 42% | BOSSA | 5 | Start of the name of a dance that's Portuguese for "new trend" |
| 42% | SAN | 3 | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| 42% | PLACE | 5 | Word in the names of three Monopoly properties |
| 41% | NEWS | 4 | Word that's only coincidentally made up of the four main compass points |
| 41% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 41% | TACOMA | 6 | Washington city that's also the name of a Toyota pickup |
| 41% | BUTTE | 5 | Geological feature that's also the name of a Montana city |
| 41% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 40% | JAVA | 4 | Slang word for "coffee" that's also the name of an Indonesian island |
| 40% | GIRLS | 5 | Lena Dunham's hit comedy-drama that follows the lives of four young women in New York City |