| 100% | HOBO | 4 | ___ bag (slouchy style of purse named after a drifter who rides the rails) |
| 58% | HOBO | 4 | ___ bag (slouchy style of purse named after a vagabond) |
| 41% | HOBO | 4 | Drifter who rides the rails |
| 39% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 37% | GOATEE | 6 | A style of beard named after a sheep's cousin |
| 37% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 37% | COOLIDGE | 8 | Calvin ___, 30th President of the United States after whom a city in Arizona is named |
| 36% | TAFT | 4 | William Howard ___, 27th President of the United States after whom a city in California is named |
| 36% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 35% | IRIS | 4 | Flower named after a Greek goddess who rode rainbows |
| 35% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 35% | PETRARCH | 8 | Italian poet after whom a style of sonnet is named |
| 35% | IBEAM | 5 | Construction-site sight, named after a letter of the alphabet: Hyph. |
| 34% | TBONE | 5 | Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | TICINO | 6 | Canton of Switzerland named after a tributary of the Po River |
| 34% | ORBIT | 5 | Gum brand named after the movement of a planet |
| 34% | LONSDALE | 8 | & 5D British boxing award named after a former president of the National Sporting Club |
| 33% | GALOP | 5 | Ballroom dance named after the running gait of a horse |
| 33% | BOSC | 4 | Pear named after a professor of the Paris Jardin des plantes in the early 19th century |
| 33% | BURNETTLIGHTS | 13 | Mesh-like outdoor Christmas decorations named after a variety show host of the '60s and '70s? |
| 33% | GREGORY | 7 | After John, the second most common name of a pope |
| 32% | SITKA | 5 | — Spruce, evergreen tree named after a former capital of the Department of Alaska and District of Alaska |
| 32% | DRAX | 4 | Large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire named after a village west of the Humber estuary |
| 32% | ATLAS | 5 | Titan after whom one of the oceans is named |
| 32% | BERMUDA | 7 | Style of colorful shorts, named after a country |
| 32% | STEIN | 5 | Letters after "Franken-" for the name of a monster |
| 32% | HOBO | 4 | One who rides the rails |
| 32% | HOBO | 4 | Person who rides the rails |
| 32% | HOBO | 4 | Wanderer who rides the rails |