| 100% | KNUTE | 5 | All-American name |
| 79% | BOJACKSON | 9 | American athlete who has been named All-Star in baseball as well as football: 2 wds. |
| 79% | STARWARS | 8 | The American Film Institute named its soundtrack the greatest film score of all time |
| 78% | ERASERMATE | 10 | American pen name |
| 73% | TICTACTOE | 9 | American name for noughts and crosses |
| 71% | TURDUCKEN | 9 | American name for a three bird roast |
| 71% | MIATA | 5 | American name of Japan's Matsuda Rodosuta |
| 70% | FAUCET | 6 | American name for a tap on a sink |
| 70% | MIRACLEONICE | 12 | American name for a particular 1980 hockey game |
| 69% | OBRIEN | 6 | Pat of "Knute Rockne All American" |
| 69% | CANADADRY | 9 | Ginger ale with North American name |
| 69% | SASQUATCH | 9 | A Native American name for Bigfoot |
| 69% | RICHEST | 7 | Like Jeff Bezos, of all Americans |
| 69% | BETTE | 5 | All About Eve name |
| 67% | ROMAINE | 7 | North American name for a cos lettuce |
| 67% | GRIZZLY | 7 | North American name for the brown bear |
| 67% | RADISSON | 8 | American hotel name since 1909 |
| 67% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | American novelist named after Emerson |
| 65% | YETIS | 5 | American coolers with an Asian name |
| 65% | COSTA | 5 | Central American nation name |
| 65% | INCAEMPIRE | 10 | South American domain name |
| 64% | MALE | 4 | Like all American presidents and vice presidents to date |
| 64% | CHINESECHECKERS | 15 | ... It's an American name for a German game |
| 64% | INSCHOOL | 8 | Like over 40% of all Americans aged 18-24 |
| 64% | SOMELIKEITHOT | 13 | 1959 Billy Wilder movie named by the American Film Institute in 2000 as the "greatest American comedy film of all time": 4 wds. |
| 64% | GARBAGE | 7 | American-Scottish band with a rubbish name |
| 64% | ALOE | 4 | American ___ (another name for the century plant) |
| 64% | DOLPHINS | 8 | Name of Miami's American football team |
| 64% | ERIE | 4 | American lake whose name rhymes with "cheery" |
| 64% | ARENA | 5 | American Airlines ___ (former name for Kaseya Center) |