| 100% | SNATCHGAME | 10 | “Drag Race” impression challenge whose name riffs on a classic panel show |
| 35% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |
| 32% | BRINKLEY | 8 | Huntley's partner on a classic NBC news show |
| 31% | RUPAUL | 6 | Host of a "Drag Race" show on Logo |
| 31% | DONOR | 5 | Person whose name appears on a museum plaque |
| 31% | NANOWRIMO | 9 | Annual November literary challenge whose name is a four-part portmanteau |
| 31% | SPONSOR | 7 | Name on a racing car |
| 31% | DONOR | 5 | Person whose name appears on a museum plaque, e.g. |
| 30% | MATCHGAME | 9 | Classic TV show with a celebrity panel |
| 30% | AQUARIA | 7 | 2018 RuPaul's Drag Race winner with a "watery" name |
| 30% | DETOX | 5 | "RuPaul's Drag Race" star with a cleansing-sounding name |
| 30% | KIMCHI | 6 | "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestant named after a Korean dish |
| 30% | LALAW | 5 | NBC series whose name was seen on a license plate |
| 29% | RACEME | 6 | Flower cluster whose name can also be read as a challenge |
| 29% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 29% | STAR | 4 | Actor whose name is in big letters on a movie poster |
| 29% | DIAGONALLEY | 11 | Harry Potter thoroughfare whose name is a play on an adverb |
| 29% | TWA | 3 | Bygone company whose name survives on a hotel at JFK Airport |
| 29% | REO | 3 | Classic car whose name is a monogram |
| 29% | ACDC | 4 | Rock group whose name came from letters found on a sewing machine |
| 29% | THEPACERS | 9 | NBA team whose name is a nod to auto and horse racing |
| 28% | LEX | 3 | ___ Luger (former wrestler whose name is a play on a comic book villain) |
| 28% | SXSW | 4 | Annual Austin event whose name is a play on a Hitchcock film, familiarly |
| 28% | AREI | 4 | Monty ___ (band from Cranston whose name includes a pun on their home state) |
| 28% | SAL | 3 | ___ Minella (Muppet whose name puns on a type of bacteria) |
| 28% | RED | 3 | Colorful name of a dad on "That '70s Show" |
| 28% | CSI | 3 | TV show whose name precedes a colon |
| 28% | NANCYDREW | 9 | TV show puts a horror spin on classic girl books |
| 28% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 27% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |