| 100% | COTTON | 6 | __ candy is the US word for UK candy floss |
| 61% | LIFT | 4 | UK word for what is an elevator in the US |
| 52% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 52% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 52% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 47% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 46% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F. ___, US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| 45% | PANGOLIN | 8 | Animal whose name is the Malay word for roller |
| 45% | TSETSE | 6 | Fly whose name is the Tswana word for “fly” |
| 45% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city whose name is the Spanish word for "flat" |
| 44% | AMOR | 4 | Ricky Martin song whose title is the Spanish word for "love" |
| 44% | PENTE | 5 | Go-like game whose name is the Greek word for "five" |
| 44% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name comes from the German word for peppermint |
| 43% | PEZ | 3 | Candy that gets its name from the German word for "peppermint" |
| 43% | DESERT | 6 | Sahara is derived from the Arabic word for this |
| 42% | ASTERS | 6 | Flowers that are named after the Greek word for "star" |
| 42% | UNIFORM | 7 | Code word for the letter U |
| 42% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 42% | ONES | 4 | “we are the ___ we have been waiting for”: June Jordan |
| 42% | ALFA | 4 | Word for A in the US NATO Phonetic Alphabet |
| 41% | SOCCER | 6 | American word for "football," comes from the UK |
| 41% | RAILROAD | 8 | Another word for train track in the US |
| 41% | HELIOS | 6 | Greek word which is the root for sun |
| 41% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand whose name is derived from the Danish words for "play well" |
| 40% | ELIEWIESEL | 10 | The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Award was renamed for him |
| 40% | ROLO | 4 | Hershey's round caramel candy for the US market |
| 40% | ENTREE | 6 | French word for the main course, in the US |
| 40% | BURRO | 5 | Spanish word for donkey, also common in the US |
| 40% | AGE | 3 | 35 is the minimum for a U.S. president |
| 40% | AFT | 3 | On a ship, this is the word for behind |