| 100% | WOMAN | 5 | Year of the ___ (2018) |
| 100% | WOMAN | 5 | Year of the ___ (moniker for 1992 and 2018) |
| 84% | ANDREW | 6 | Quarterback Luck who was the 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year |
| 84% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Keith Urban Entertainer of the Year in 2018: Abbr. |
| 82% | AJA | 3 | 2018 WNBA Rookie of the Year Wilson |
| 82% | BEN | 3 | 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year Simmons |
| 82% | THATSWHATILIKE | 14 | Bruno Mars song that won the 2018 Song of the Year Grammy (4 wds.) |
| 82% | HARDER | 6 | Pernille ___, UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award winner in 2018 and 2020 |
| 81% | RONALD | 6 | 2018 NL Rookie of the Year Acuña Jr. |
| 81% | RONALDACUNAJR | 13 | Atlanta Braves outfielder who is the 2018 National League Rookie of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 81% | MARS | 4 | Singer Bruno who won Grammys for Record, Album, and Song of the Year in 2018 |
| 81% | KACEY | 5 | Musgraves whose “Golden Hour” won C.M.A.’s Album of the Year (November, 2018) |
| 80% | TIGER | 5 | Year of the ___ (2022) |
| 79% | PRIDEMONTH | 10 | Year of the Cat, briefly? |
| 78% | LUCK | 4 | 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Andrew |
| 78% | THEGUARDIANS | 12 | Persecuted and endangered journalists who were Time Magazine's Persons of the Year in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 78% | CDII | 4 | Year of the Battle of Pollentia |
| 78% | GOAT | 4 | Year of the ___ (most of 2015) |
| 78% | MMII | 4 | Year of the Utah Winter Olympics |
| 78% | MMIX | 4 | Year of the swine flu epidemic |
| 78% | EMPERORS | 8 | Year of the Four __, 69 AD |
| 78% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ___ (2008 or 2020) |
| 78% | MMI | 3 | Year of the 9/11 attacks |
| 78% | TIGER | 5 | Year of the ___ (It starts today!) |
| 77% | LXIV | 4 | Year of the Great Fire of Rome |
| 77% | MCM | 3 | Year of the first Davis Cup matches |
| 77% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ___ (what 2008-09 was) |
| 77% | NEYO | 4 | Year of the Gentleman R&B singer |
| 76% | MMIII | 5 | Year of the final flight of the Concordes |
| 76% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ___ (2020, in the Chinese zodiac) |