| 100% | ABACA | 5 | Alternate name for Manila hemp, which of course, is vulnerable to the bunchy top virus |
| 35% | ATOLL | 5 | Type of landform for which the bikini is named |
| 35% | ABACA | 5 | Philippine plant related to the banana whose leafstalks are the source of Manila hemp |
| 34% | SENECA | 6 | Iroquois tribe for which one of the Finger Lakes is named |
| 34% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient Greek region for which part of the Mediterranean is named |
| 34% | MOTH | 4 | Type of insect for which the term "software bug" was named |
| 32% | PIVOT | 5 | Alternate name for the position of the team's tallest player |
| 32% | NIT | 3 | Alternate name for the unit of luminance, candela per square meter |
| 31% | MONEY | 5 | "___ for Nothing," 1985 hit by Dire Straits which was one of the first music videos to feature computer-animated human figures |
| 30% | ERNS | 4 | Alternate name for white tailed sea-eagles of the genus Haliaeetus, including the US national bird |
| 30% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 30% | APP | 3 | A short name for the first course of a meal |
| 30% | NORM | 4 | To be expected, or par for the course |
| 30% | OUSEL | 5 | Water ___, alternate name for the American dipper which occasionally gets snapped up by large fish |
| 30% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" 1990 American submarine spy-thriller film which is based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 30% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | 2018 slasher film directed by David Gordon Green starring Judy Greer which is a direct sequel to a 1978 movie of the same name |
| 29% | CHARLES | 7 | Name of the only English king to be executed |
| 29% | LILY | 4 | Corpse ___, name given to the Rafflesia, which is one of the largest flowers in the world |
| 29% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Women," book by Louisa May Alcott which features the line "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship" |
| 29% | GIBSONGIRL | 10 | Name for the personification of the feminine ideal of the 1890 to 1910 era |
| 29% | MADMEN | 6 | Drama linked to the resurgence of the name "Betty" for baby girls |
| 29% | MCA | 3 | Stage name for Adam Yauch, who was one of the Beastie Boys |
| 29% | CANTSAYSURE | 11 | Is unable to pronounce the name of a deodorant brand? |
| 29% | EBOLA | 5 | Congo tributary for which a virus is named |
| 29% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which the 45th state is named |
| 29% | DOG | 3 | Animal for which the Canary Islands are named |
| 29% | WASP | 4 | Insect for which the Vespa scooter was named |
| 29% | OTTO | 4 | What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" |
| 29% | MATTEL | 6 | Toy giant which announced that the Alaskan city of Juneau would be changing the name of its capital to Uno as an April Fools' Day prank |
| 29% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |