| 100% | RIO | 3 | ___ Grande (river in the southwestern US) |
| 76% | UTEP | 4 | University in the US which overlooks the Rio Grande river: Abbr. |
| 71% | MESAS | 5 | Flat-topped hills in the southwestern US |
| 68% | NAVAHO | 6 | Alternate spelling for a Native American language in the Southwestern US |
| 62% | RIO | 3 | ___ Grande: river in the SW United States and northern Mexico |
| 60% | DALLAS | 6 | US city in NE Texas on the Trinity River |
| 59% | RIO | 3 | ___ Grande (river in the southwest) |
| 59% | STLOUIS | 7 | US port on the Mississippi River; largest city in Missouri |
| 59% | WACO | 4 | US city in east-central Texas on the Brazos River |
| 59% | SIOUXCITY | 9 | US city on the Missouri River; fourth largest in Iowa |
| 59% | YAZOO | 5 | River in Mississippi, US, formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers |
| 57% | WACO | 4 | City in east-central Texas, US, on the Brazos River |
| 57% | NEOSHO | 6 | US river rising in Kansas that joins the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 56% | EBOLA | 5 | River in the Congo |
| 56% | ARIANA | 6 | ___ Grande, American singer who released the album "Thank U, Next" in 2019 |
| 56% | SHREVEPORT | 10 | City in northwest Louisiana, US, on the Red River |
| 56% | CINCINNATI | 10 | City in SW Ohio, US, on the Ohio River |
| 56% | STYX | 4 | River in the Greek underworld |
| 56% | EUPHRATES | 9 | River in the middle east |
| 55% | SCRANTON | 8 | Major city in Pennsylvania, US, on the Lackawanna River |
| 55% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | US river rising in NW Wyoming that enters the Missouri near the North Dakota border |
| 55% | ORNE | 4 | River in the D-Day invasion |
| 55% | STYX | 4 | River in the Percy Jackson books |
| 54% | ALBUQUERQUE | 11 | Largest city in New Mexico, US, on the Rio Grande |
| 54% | TUSCALOOSA | 10 | Industrial city in Alabama, US, on the Black Warrior River |
| 54% | TUSCALOOSA | 10 | Industrial city in Alabama, US on the Black Warrior River |
| 54% | LENA | 4 | River in the Russian Federation in Asia |
| 54% | STYX | 4 | River in the fifth circle of hell |
| 54% | NILE | 4 | Longest river in the world |