| 100% | SNOWPATROL | 10 | "Chasing Cars" band with a chilly name: 2 wds. |
| 83% | ARCTICMONKEYS | 13 | English indie band with a chilly name: 2 wds. |
| 70% | VANILLAICE | 10 | '90s rapper with a chilly name: 2 wds. |
| 63% | THEMONKEES | 10 | "Daydream Believer" band with a purposely misspelled animal name: 2 wds. |
| 62% | THEBYRDS | 8 | "Mr. Tambourine Man" band with a purposely misspelled animal name: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" band with a purposely misspelled animal name: 2 wds. |
| 57% | PEARLJAM | 8 | "Better Man" rock band with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 54% | SPINALTAP | 9 | "Stonehenge" pseudo-band with a "metal umlaut" over an N in its name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | GTOS | 4 | 1960s band with a car-related name, with "the" |
| 53% | GREENDAY | 8 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" rock band with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Comedy film director with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 53% | MICHAELBAY | 10 | Action film director with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROLDGOLD | 8 | Pretzel brand with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAITAI | 6 | Tropical drink with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | GREENTEA | 8 | Chinese beverage with a colorful name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAITAI | 6 | Rum cocktail with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAITAI | 6 | Tropical cocktail with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ELNINO | 6 | Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PETERFINCH | 10 | "Network" actor with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THELUMINEERS | 12 | Denver-based folk rock band with a self-titled 2012 debut album: 2 wds. |
| 51% | RICKILAKE | 9 | Former talk show host with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CHICAGOFIRE | 11 | Illinois-based MLS team with a "hot" name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CALGARYFLAMES | 13 | Alberta-based NHL team with a "hot" name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PHOENIXSUNS | 11 | Arizona-based NBA team with a "hot" name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "Strong Enough" singer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ISPY | 4 | Kids' observation game with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ICESPICE | 8 | "Princess Diana" rapper with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | WASHME | 6 | Message inscribed with a finger on a dusty car: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HENRYHEIMLICH | 13 | Thoracic surgeon with a lifesaving "maneuver" named after him: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PALEALE | 7 | Light-colored beer with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |