| 100% | NEWDEAL | 7 | 1930s program whose name came from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| 52% | MERLIN | 6 | Magician from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| 43% | YANKEE | 6 | A Connecticut __ in King Arthur's Court by Twain |
| 43% | ANGORACAT | 9 | Breed whose name comes from a capital in West Asia |
| 43% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game Go |
| 42% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 39% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group whose name comes from the nonsense syllables repeated in "Get a Job" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | PARAGUAY | 8 | Country whose name comes from a Guaraní word |
| 37% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name comes from a Tupi word |
| 37% | ACAI | 4 | Berry whose name comes from a Tupi word |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name comes from a Gaelic goddess |
| 37% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name came from a sewing machine |
| 37% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | 1979 film whose name comes from a "Chicago" song |
| 37% | POLO | 4 | Type of shirt whose name comes from a sport |
| 37% | YEN | 3 | Currency whose name comes from a word meaning "round" |
| 37% | TAPENADE | 8 | Dish whose name comes from a translation of "capers" |
| 37% | MAC | 3 | Computer whose name comes from a variety of apple |
| 37% | SUNDANCE | 8 | Festival whose name comes from a Robert Redford character |
| 37% | WUTANGCLAN | 10 | Rap group whose name comes from a martial arts film |
| 37% | OKRA | 4 | Food whose name comes from a language of West Africa |
| 37% | VIVA | 4 | Paper towel brand whose name comes from a Spanish cheer |
| 37% | ARCTIC | 6 | Ocean whose name comes from a Greek word for bear |
| 37% | ATARI | 5 | Video-game company whose name comes from a Go term |
| 36% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Band whose name comes from a story about a shouting outfielder |
| 36% | KABIBBLE | 8 | Early American comedian Ish, whose name comes from a Yiddish expression |
| 36% | ETNA | 4 | Italian place whose name comes from a Greek word meaning "I burn" |
| 35% | SHERATON | 8 | Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove |
| 35% | TAJ | 3 | ___ Mahal (blues musician whose stage name comes from a building in India) |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Rock group whose name came from letters found on a sewing machine |
| 34% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe brand whose name comes from an acronym for a Latin phrase |