| 100% | COASTLINE | 9 | A country's boundary with the sea |
| 64% | COASTLINE | 9 | A country's edge along the sea |
| 53% | ISLAND | 6 | *Sun-soaked vacation spot in the sea with a hushed "s" in its name |
| 51% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |
| 50% | ERITREA | 7 | Country with a Red Sea coastline |
| 50% | NEMO | 4 | The Seas with ___ & Friends (Epcot attraction based on a Pixar film) |
| 49% | ENO | 3 | Brian with the album "Small Craft on a Milk Sea" |
| 48% | PAM | 3 | Country singer Tillis with the 2020 album "Looking for a Feeling" |
| 48% | SAM | 3 | Country singer Hunt with the hit "Body Like a Back Road" |
| 48% | CROATIA | 7 | Country with the longest border along the Adriatic Sea |
| 48% | ERITREA | 7 | Country with hundreds of islands in the Red Sea |
| 48% | PONCHO | 6 | S. American top with a slit for the head |
| 48% | MATTEA | 6 | Country singer Kathy with the #1 "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 48% | MATTEA | 6 | Kathy with the #1 country hit "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 48% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 48% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 48% | PERU | 4 | The only South American country with a four-letter name |
| 47% | WHALE | 5 | Big blower in the sea with a "hoppy beverage" hidden in its name |
| 47% | CHRISJANSON | 11 | Singer with the Top 10 country single "Buy Me a Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SPAIN | 5 | Country with a wedding tradition where the groom's tie is cut into pieces and auctioned off to his friends |
| 47% | CHILE | 5 | Only country in the Americas with a female president |
| 46% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta ... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 46% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 46% | COASTLINE | 9 | The edge of a country where it meets the sea |
| 46% | COASTLINE | 9 | The edge of a country, along the sea |
| 46% | URUGUAY | 7 | S. American country with the longest anthem |
| 45% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 45% | BHUTAN | 6 | Himalayan country with a head of state known as the Dragon King |
| 45% | BRANDYCLARK | 11 | Country singer with the 2016 album “Big Day in a Small Town” |
| 45% | GEORGIA | 7 | Asian country with the same name as a US state |