| 100% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |
| 62% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |
| 48% | TBONE | 5 | Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet |
| 47% | ONEIDA | 6 | Global supplier of tableware and cutlery named after the NY community founded in 1848 |
| 46% | ALE | 3 | Kind of beer found in the name "Christian Bale" |
| 46% | CARP | 4 | Type of fish found in a koi pond |
| 45% | BELLEEK | 7 | Kind of thin fragile porcelain named after a town in Northern Ireland |
| 45% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 43% | KOI | 3 | Fish found in a pond |
| 42% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MASON | 5 | Kind of jar named after a tinsmith |
| 42% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 41% | AUTOLYCUS | 9 | Petty thief in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale named after a grandfather of Odysseus in Greek mythology |
| 41% | RAGLAN | 6 | Kind of sleeve named after a British baron |
| 41% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 41% | BOSC | 4 | Pear named after a professor of the Paris Jardin des plantes in the early 19th century |
| 41% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 41% | ELARA | 5 | Moon of Jupiter named after the daughter of Orchomenus in Greek mythology |
| 40% | DRAX | 4 | Large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire named after a village west of the Humber estuary |
| 40% | KOI | 3 | Ornamental fish in a backyard pond |
| 40% | KOI | 3 | Kind of pond in a Japanese garden |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | A kind of lager found in English pubs |
| 39% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 39% | COOLIDGE | 8 | Calvin ___, 30th President of the United States after whom a city in Arizona is named |
| 39% | AAH | 3 | US Army program begun in 1972 to find a replacement after the cancellation of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne (abbr.) |
| 39% | KOI | 3 | Japanese fish often found in a pond |
| 39% | TAFT | 4 | William Howard ___, 27th President of the United States after whom a city in California is named |
| 39% | SENECACRANE | 11 | Head Gamemaker in "The Hunger Games" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FOLIC | 5 | ___ acid, a kind of acid found in vegetables |
| 39% | EBOLA | 5 | River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after which a severe infectious viral disease is named |