| 100% | SALTNPEPA | 9 | *Hip-hop trio with a condimental name |
| 64% | NAENAE | 6 | Hip-hop dance with a reduplicative name |
| 64% | RUNDMC | 6 | Trio with a hip-hop cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" |
| 61% | PEPA | 4 | Part of a hip-hop trio name |
| 60% | NAS | 3 | Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor |
| 59% | MIGOS | 5 | Hip-hop trio that had a #1 hit in 2017 with "Bad and Boujee" |
| 55% | CABBAGEPATCH | 12 | Hip-hop dance move with a food-related name (2 wds.) |
| 55% | LIZARDPOSE | 10 | Hip-opening asana with a reptilian name |
| 53% | PEPA | 4 | "A Salt with a Deadly ___" (1988 hip hop album) |
| 49% | EDEDDNEDDY | 10 | Cartoon Network show about a trio of preteen boys with similar names |
| 49% | MIGOS | 5 | Hip-hop trio with the 2017 #1 album "Culture" |
| 48% | COMPLEX | 7 | Magazine with a focus on hip-hop culture |
| 48% | BETAWARDS | 9 | Ceremony with a Best Female Hip-Hop Artist category |
| 47% | DELASOUL | 8 | Hip-hop trio with the 1989 hit "Me Myself and I" |
| 47% | FAT | 3 | The __ Boys, American hip hop trio |
| 46% | TITLED | 6 | With a noble name |
| 46% | PEPA | 4 | "A Salt With a Deadly ___" (1988 hip-hop album) |
| 46% | PEPA | 4 | "A Salt With a Deadly __": 1988 hip-hop album |
| 46% | BEEGEES | 7 | Disco trio with a Grammy Legend Award |
| 46% | REDDIWIP | 8 | Grocery product with a multiply misspelled name |
| 46% | SELMA | 5 | Southern city with a woman's name |
| 46% | JELLO | 5 | Dessert with a hyphen in its name |
| 46% | BRANDED | 7 | Marked with a known company's name |
| 46% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a slash in its name |
| 46% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit with a cedilla in its name |
| 46% | MELISSA | 7 | Computer virus with a girl's name |
| 46% | OHIO | 4 | State with a greeting in its name |
| 46% | LECAR | 5 | Old vehicle with a faux French name |
| 46% | BERENSTAINBEARS | 15 | Literary family with a widely misremembered name |
| 46% | SABERSAW | 8 | Tool with a sword in its name |