| 100% | MDIV | 4 | Year Columbus returned from his final voyage to the New World |
| 42% | NINA | 4 | Ship that made three voyages to the New World |
| 38% | MDI | 3 | Year Vespucci sailed to the New World |
| 35% | PINTA | 5 | Ship to the New World |
| 35% | SANTAMARIA | 10 | Ship to the New World |
| 35% | SEAROUTE | 8 | Way to the New World |
| 35% | NINA | 4 | Ship to the New World |
| 34% | VIKINGS | 7 | Early visitors to the New World |
| 33% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | Early ship that brought pilgrims to the New World |
| 32% | HOO | 3 | "Woo-___! Here's to the new year!" |
| 32% | MDII | 4 | Year Columbus began his last voyage |
| 32% | BALLDROP | 8 | Iconic Times Square start to the New Year |
| 31% | BRISTOL | 7 | British port from which John Cabot sailed to the New World in 1497 |
| 31% | ECHO | 4 | Return from a trip to the Alps? |
| 30% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe |
| 30% | DIAS | 4 | His 1488 voyage opened the road to India |
| 30% | RISEUP | 6 | Return to life from the ashes |
| 29% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds," 2005 sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg, where a man tries to protect his family from an alien attack |
| 29% | IVE | 3 | "___ been to the mountaintop" (quote from MLK's final speech) |
| 29% | SHEA | 4 | Home of the New York Mets from 1964 to 2008 |
| 29% | HALLEY | 6 | His comet returns to Earth every 76 years |
| 29% | CHAST | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist who wrote "What I Hate: From A to Z" |
| 29% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | 10 to 0, the final ten seconds before New Year |
| 28% | FIVE | 4 | Last digit in the New Year we're about to welcome: 2025 |
| 28% | DTRAIN | 6 | New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island |
| 28% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who was chief of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935 |
| 28% | WIDER | 5 | Like the Atlantic Ocean, slightly, from year to year |
| 27% | TABB | 4 | Michaela —, first woman to referee the World Snooker Championship final |
| 27% | AWAITS | 6 | "She ___ news from the company she applied to." (is expecting) |
| 27% | EBERT | 5 | His final review was about "To the Wonder" |