| 100% | ONEIDA | 6 | — Lake, large body of water northeast of Syracuse, New York, US |
| 60% | ONONDAGA | 8 | — Lake, body of water in central New York State north-west of Syracuse |
| 55% | ERIE | 4 | "Great" body of water responsible for much New York lake-effect snow |
| 55% | ILIAMNA | 7 | — Lake, large body of water south of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US |
| 46% | BAIKAL | 6 | Lake —, large body of water in SE Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 |
| 46% | BAIKAL | 6 | Lake —, large body of water in southeast Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 |
| 45% | LONGISLANDSOUND | 15 | Body of water between Connecticut and southeastern New York |
| 44% | SENECA | 6 | Largest of New York's Finger Lakes |
| 44% | WINNEBAGO | 9 | Lake —, body of water in Wisconsin, US drained by the Fox River |
| 44% | QUEENS | 6 | Largest of the five boroughs of New York City, US |
| 44% | FINGERLAKES | 11 | *Group of narrow bodies of water in upstate New York |
| 43% | GREATSALT | 9 | — Lake, body of water in northern Utah, US, known as America's Dead Sea |
| 43% | FINGERLAKES | 11 | *Region of upstate New York named for its bodies of water |
| 43% | FINGERLAKES | 11 | New York region, or its narrow bodies of water |
| 43% | CONISTON | 8 | Third-largest Lake District body of water |
| 42% | OCEANVUONG | 10 | "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" author whose first name is a large body of water: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OSWEGO | 6 | — River, large stream in upstate New York, US, flowing into Lake Ontario |
| 41% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake —, body of water in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border between California and Nevada, US |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | Large body of water |
| 41% | OCEAN | 5 | Large body of water |
| 41% | LAKE | 4 | Large body of water |
| 41% | GULFS | 5 | Large bodies of water |
| 41% | OCEANS | 6 | Large bodies of water |
| 41% | SEAS | 4 | Large bodies of water |
| 41% | LAKES | 5 | Large bodies of water |
| 41% | OCEAN | 5 | Larger body of water |
| 41% | MOHAWK | 6 | Largest tributary of the Hudson River in the state of New York, US |
| 41% | BUFFALO | 7 | US port in New York State at the eastern end of Lake Erie |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | Large body of water like Caspian |
| 40% | BUFFALO | 7 | Port in New York State, US, at the eastern end of Lake Erie |