| 100% | OATES | 5 | Author with three 5-letter names |
| 59% | STU | 3 | Name with three consecutive letters of the alphabet (precedes VW) |
| 56% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 56% | IKEA | 4 | Store with a three-syllable name in four letters |
| 53% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose four-letter first name shares three letters with his last |
| 53% | FIJI | 4 | Geographical name spelled with three consecutive dotted letters |
| 52% | STU | 3 | Name that's spelled with three alphabetically consecutive letters |
| 52% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 51% | STU | 3 | Man's name spelled with three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 50% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 48% | AAMILNE | 7 | Author with a son named Christopher Robin |
| 48% | INITIAL | 7 | Sign with three letters, say |
| 48% | LEO | 3 | Zodiac sign with three letters |
| 48% | HIJAB | 5 | Head covering whose name starts with three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 47% | TEN | 3 | Largest integer whose name is spelled with three letters |
| 47% | DOC | 3 | Only dwarf with a three-letter name |
| 47% | TIN | 3 | Only element with a three-letter name |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind with three vowels in its name |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with three vowels in its name |
| 46% | FIJI | 4 | Nation with three dots in its name |
| 46% | SIGMA | 5 | Greek letter name that rhymes with "enigma" |
| 46% | RAOUL | 5 | Name with three consecutive vowels |
| 46% | JUDY | 4 | Name associated with 5 Down |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Orchestra instrument with three vowels in its name |
| 46% | OISE | 4 | French river with three vowels in its name |
| 46% | IOWA | 4 | Hawkeye State with three vowels in its name |
| 46% | HAJJI | 5 | Religious term spelled with three consecutive dotted letters |
| 45% | VERNE | 5 | Author with a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower named for him |
| 45% | ASSISI | 6 | Italian town with three instances of the same letter |
| 45% | TIN | 3 | Only chemical element with a three-letter name |