| 100% | MDXC | 4 | Year that Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" was published |
| 46% | IRENA | 5 | Lady in Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" |
| 45% | LINGER | 6 | "Dare Not ___: The Presidential Years," book by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa that was posthumously published in 2017 |
| 45% | CML | 3 | Year that Eric the Red was born, traditionally |
| 44% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac that was Motor Trend's 1968 Car of the Year |
| 44% | MDL | 3 | Year that Michelangelo's "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" was completed |
| 44% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
| 43% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 42% | CHATGPT | 7 | A.I. bot that was labeled one of 2022's "Breakthroughs of the Year" |
| 42% | LUCID | 5 | ___ Air, electric vehicle that was named Motor Trend's 2022 Car of the Year |
| 42% | EMMA | 4 | Girls' name that's been top five in the U.S. every year since 2002 |
| 42% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 41% | SEASONS | 7 | The four periods that a year is divided into |
| 41% | NEONPILL | 8 | Cage the Elephant studio album that was the band’s first in five years (May, 2024) |
| 41% | UNA | 3 | Daughter of the king and queen, in Spenser's The Faerie Queene |
| 40% | UNA | 3 | Duessa's foe in Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" |
| 40% | DANCINGMACHINE | 14 | The Jackson 5 hit that was No. 5 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | VINTAGE | 7 | Term that describes the year a wine was produced |
| 40% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian capital that was founded in the year 1040 |
| 40% | ESTD | 4 | Abbr. that precedes the year a business was founded |
| 40% | BESTOFMYLOVE | 12 | Song by the Emotions that was #3 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 4 wds. |
| 39% | SPENSER | 7 | The Faerie Queene poet |
| 39% | JUNGLEBOOGIE | 12 | Kool & the Gang hit that was No. 12 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | STALECEREAL | 11 | Menu item #1: A bowlful of Cap'n Crunch that's been on top of the fridge for four years |
| 39% | EDMUND | 6 | Poet Spenser of "The Faerie Queene" |
| 39% | SPENSER | 7 | The Faerie Queene poet Edmund |
| 38% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac that was the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968 |
| 38% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 38% | BOYHOOD | 7 | Ethan Hawke film that was made over the course of 11 years |
| 38% | TROY | 4 | Legendary city of the Trojans that was "lost" for thousands of years |