100% | GOAT | 4 | Year of the ___ (most of 2015) |
78% | MENSNAMES | 9 | Many of the year's hurricanes |
77% | THRONES | 7 | "Game of ___," fantasy drama series that set a record for the most Emmy wins for a series in a single year in 2015 |
77% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
76% | KRIS | 4 | 2015 National League Rookie of the Year Bryant |
76% | ERIC | 4 | 2015 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Berry |
76% | SNAPPY | 6 | ___ Gifts, co. founded in 2015 which last year was listed in Forbes as one of the 10 Most Promising Young Israeli Startups in NY |
75% | ODD | 3 | Like the years of most presidential inaugurations |
74% | EMOJI | 5 | The Oxford Dictionaries 2015 "Word" of the Year is one |
74% | WINDY | 5 | Like Iceland's weather most of the year |
73% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who was FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 |
73% | NAL | 3 | Imprint of Penguin Random House that published "Ideal" in 2015, the first Ayn Rand novel to appear in more than fifty years (abbr.) |
72% | ELS | 3 | 2015 World Golf Award winner for Golf Course Designer of the Year |
72% | BECK | 4 | He won Album of the Year at the 2015 Grammys |
72% | WILLIAMS | 8 | Andy __; It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year |
72% | SERENA | 6 | Sports Illustrated's 2015 Sportsperson of the Year, to fans |
72% | ABOUT | 5 | "All ___ That Bass," 2015 Grammy Song of the Year nominee |
72% | LABORDAYWEEKEND | 15 | First three-day break of the school year for many |
72% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who was Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2015 (2 wds.) |
72% | CAITLYNJENNER | 13 | Transgender rights activist who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 2015: 2 wds. |
71% | BECK | 4 | Rocker whose "Morning Phase" won the 2015 Album of the Year |
71% | BOOKS | 5 | Things people resolve to read more of in the New Year |
71% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
71% | HIND | 4 | Female of the red deer when aged three years or more |
70% | ANGELA | 6 | ___ Merkel, Chancellor of Germany who was the TIME "Person of the Year" in 2015 |
70% | HELLO | 5 | 2015 song by Adele that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
70% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
70% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that chose Angela Merkel as its 2015 Person of the Year |
70% | KYOTO | 5 | Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years |
69% | BLOOD | 5 | "Bad ___," song by Taylor Swift that won an MTV VMA for Video of the Year in 2015 |