| 100% | ORTEGA | 6 | Alt. Highway name for Orange County's Rte 74 named after the Spanish explorer who led the scouts of the 1769 Portola expedition |
| 24% | LISTERIA | 8 | Genus of bacteria named after the British surgeon who introduced the use of antiseptics |
| 24% | MOHS | 4 | Friedrich —, German scientist after whom a scale for expressing the hardness of minerals is named |
| 24% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 23% | SHERRY | 6 | Drink named after the Spanish city of Jerez |
| 23% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 23% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 23% | MADERA | 6 | Central California city named after the Spanish word for “lumber” |
| 22% | COREYCONNERS | 12 | Canadian golfer who led after the first round of the 2021 PGA Championship and finished tied for 17th place (2 wds.) |
| 22% | AMP | 3 | Physicist Andre-Marie (1775-1836), known as the "father of electrodynamics" who had this electricall unit named after him, for short |
| 22% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 22% | PURR | 4 | Sir ___, mascot for the Carolina Panthers who is named after a cat's sound |
| 22% | SAMHOUSTON | 10 | Texas Revolution figure for whom Texas's largest city is named ("The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") |
| 22% | MATTY | 5 | Explorer McNair who led the first all-female expedition to to the Geographic North Pole |
| 22% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 22% | JACKSON | 7 | Andrew ___, seventh President of the United States after whom Mississippi's capital city is named |
| 21% | BLU | 3 | Fictional macaw who is the protagonist of the "Rio" franchise and is named after his color |
| 21% | CORONADO | 8 | Spanish conquistador who searched for the Seven Cities of Gold |
| 21% | WILLEMSTAD | 10 | Curaçao capital named for the Prince of Orange |
| 21% | ROALDAMUNDSEN | 13 | Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole in the early 1900s: 2 wds. |
| 21% | BANSHEES | 8 | Creatures named after the Old Irish word for “woman of the fairy mound” |
| 21% | AUERBACH | 8 | For whom the NBA Coach of the Year award is named |
| 21% | EAGLES | 6 | The ___, band named after birds of prey, known for "Hotel California" |
| 21% | PARISJACKSON | 12 | The King of Pop's daughter who was recently named an ambassador for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ATLAS | 5 | Titan after whom one of the oceans is named |
| 21% | ESP | 3 | First three letters of the Spanish name for Spain |
| 21% | LAPOF | 5 | ___ honor, another name for a victory round on the track after the conclusion of a race: 2 wds. |
| 21% | NESS | 4 | Crime fighter for whom the atrium of the A.T.F. headquarters is named |
| 21% | MCA | 3 | Stage name for Adam Yauch, who was one of the Beastie Boys |
| 21% | PONCE | 5 | Puerto Rican city named for the descendant of an explorer |