| 100% | GERONIMO | 8 | Apache leader who fought against American expansion and whose name paratroopers shout when jumping from planes |
| 29% | PONTIAC | 7 | Ottawa leader who fought British advances in the Great Lakes area during the 1700s and whose name was a car brand |
| 24% | TECUMSEH | 8 | Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812 |
| 23% | PARACHUTE | 9 | Canopy that saves lives when jumping from planes |
| 23% | SPARTACUS | 9 | Rebel slave leader who fought against the Romans |
| 21% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted when a player has one card |
| 20% | ANDESINE | 8 | Silicate mineral whose name derives from a South American mountain range |
| 20% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Band whose name comes from a story about a shouting outfielder |
| 20% | EDAMAME | 7 | Appetizer whose name comes from the Japanese words for "stem" and "bean" |
| 20% | OBOES | 5 | Wind instruments whose name comes from the French for "high" and "wood" |
| 20% | BONITO | 6 | Fish whose name comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word for "pretty" |
| 20% | SKYDIVERS | 9 | People who jump out of planes and live |
| 19% | OHIO | 4 | Geographical locale whose name resembles a tractor when written in upper- and lowercase |
| 19% | ROBERTPEEL | 10 | British leader from whom the "bobbies" got their name |
| 19% | PISMO | 5 | California beach community whose name comes from the Native American Chumash word for "tar" |
| 19% | AIKIDO | 6 | Martial art whose name is formed from the kanji for “harmony,” “spirit,” and “way” |
| 19% | SUFI | 4 | Member of a Muslim mystical order whose name derives from phrase 'one who wears wool' |
| 19% | UVEA | 4 | Part of your anatomy that makes your blue eyes blue and whose name is derived from the Latin for "grape" |
| 18% | SUFI | 4 | Member of a Muslim mystical order whose name derives from the phrase 'one who wears wool' |
| 18% | SEERSUCKER | 10 | Light cotton or linen fabric whose name derives from the Persian words for milk and sugar |
| 18% | RICKSHAW | 8 | Type of passenger cart whose name derives from the Japanese characters for “man,” “power,” and “vehicle” |
| 18% | SKYDIVE | 7 | Jump from plane to earth |
| 18% | LENIN | 5 | World leader who wrote, “Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations” |
| 18% | ROSIE | 5 | Female mascot of the Cincinnati Reds whose name is derived from a female fan and a fan group |
| 18% | GRANDMAMOSES | 12 | American folk artist who started painting at age 78 and has a "family" name: 2 wds. |
| 18% | FOE | 3 | Person who fights against you |
| 18% | TITO | 4 | Leader whose 1980 funeral in Belgrade was attended by dignitaries from a hundred and twenty-eight countries |
| 17% | SKYDIVE | 7 | Jump from a plane |
| 17% | KABIBBLE | 8 | Early American comedian Ish, whose name comes from a Yiddish expression |
| 17% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |