| 100% | MACQUARIE | 9 | Aussie uni named after an early governor of NSW |
| 41% | ADA | 3 | Programming language named after an early computing pioneer |
| 39% | LIBERIA | 7 | Country whose capital is named after an early U.S. president |
| 36% | ARNIE | 5 | Nickname for an early 2000s governor of California |
| 35% | ASHE | 4 | North Carolina county named for an early governor |
| 35% | BOZO | 4 | Name of an early TV clown |
| 35% | LISA | 4 | Daughter of Steve Jobs, after whom an early Apple computer was named |
| 34% | HELENE | 6 | Moon of Saturn named after an Amazon |
| 34% | BIKINI | 6 | Item of wear named after an island |
| 34% | CELSIUS | 7 | Scale of temperature named after an Anders guy |
| 34% | FERMIUM | 7 | Element with atomic the number 100 which was named after an Italian-American pioneer of nuclear physics |
| 33% | BOZO | 4 | Name of an early TV clown, or a jerk |
| 33% | GPT | 3 | Letters after “Chat” in the name of an OpenAI product |
| 33% | MALTESE | 7 | Small breed of dog named after an island |
| 33% | LEIF | 4 | First name of an early explorer of Vinland |
| 32% | BOLOGNA | 7 | A type of sausage named after an Italian city |
| 32% | STEELY | 6 | Gray shade of blue, named after an alloy |
| 32% | BOSC | 4 | Pear named after a professor of the Paris Jardin des plantes in the early 19th century |
| 31% | MUSTANG | 7 | Ford model since 1964 named after an American breed of horse |
| 31% | LINDY | 5 | Dance named after an aviator |
| 31% | LYRA | 4 | Constellation named after an instrument |
| 31% | BERMUDAS | 8 | Shorts named after an island |
| 31% | TESLA | 5 | Automaker named after an inventor |
| 31% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Sweater named after an earl |
| 31% | FITCH | 5 | Retail name after an ampersand |
| 31% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 31% | BASIC | 5 | Fundamental or name of an early computer language |
| 31% | MADEIRA | 7 | Portuguese wine named after an island |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | Lake named after an Indian tribe |
| 31% | RHINO | 5 | Record label named after an animal |