| 100% | LAKES | 5 | "Land of 10,000 ___" (Minnesota nickname) |
| 90% | LAKES | 5 | Land of 10,000 ___ (Minnesota) |
| 80% | LAND | 4 | ___ of 10,000 Lakes (nickname for Minnesota) |
| 75% | MINNESOTA | 9 | "The Land of 10,000 Lakes" |
| 70% | LAKE | 4 | One of 10,000 in Minnesota |
| 69% | MINNESOTA | 9 | State nicknamed the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" |
| 65% | LAKE | 4 | One of 10,000 in Minnesota, so their license plate claims |
| 63% | MINNY | 5 | "Land of 10,000 Lakes," for short |
| 61% | LAKES | 5 | “Land of Ten Thousand ___” (Minnesota nickname) |
| 61% | BLUESKY | 7 | Land of the __, nickname for Mongolia |
| 60% | LAKES | 5 | Minnesota has more than 10,000 of them |
| 59% | RISINGSUN | 9 | Land of the __, Japan's early morning nickname |
| 59% | LAKES | 5 | Subject of a Minnesota state nickname |
| 56% | FRANCHISE | 9 | Nickname of 10 Across, with "The" |
| 54% | AUGHTS | 6 | 80% of 10,000? |
| 53% | NATALIE | 7 | Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs |
| 51% | SOONER | 6 | Nickname for a cheater in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 |
| 50% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a former Yankee who won 10 Silver Slugger Awards: Hyph. |
| 50% | ONTARIO | 7 | It lies opposite the Height of Land Portage from Minnesota |
| 50% | NED | 3 | Land of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" |
| 48% | HIP | 3 | Nickname of Hirokazu Tanaka, Nintendo music composer for Tetris, Super Mario Land and Earthbound |
| 48% | LAKES | 5 | Minnesota's 10,000+ |
| 48% | LAKES | 5 | Minnesota's 10,000 |
| 48% | LAKES | 5 | Minnesota’s 10,000+ |
| 48% | THEQUEUE | 8 | Nickname for a 10-mile line of people that made headlines in Sept. 2022 |
| 47% | RWANDA | 6 | African nation nicknamed land of a thousand hills |
| 47% | RISING | 6 | "Land of the ___ Sun" (Japan's nickname) |
| 47% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a Yankee with a 10-year, $275 million contract signed in 2007: Hyph. |
| 47% | NOD | 3 | Land of ____ |
| 47% | NOD | 3 | Land of ___ |