| 100% | ARIZ | 4 | Basque town that a US state name may derive from |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | American state that derives it's name from a nearby river |
| 41% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
| 40% | SPA | 3 | Word derived from the name of a Belgian town |
| 40% | GEORGIANS | 9 | Those from a US state or an East European country |
| 39% | GEORGIA | 7 | U.S. state that shares its name with a country |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state that takes its name from a river |
| 38% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | Western people from which a western U.S. state gets its name |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | Indian from whom a state name is derived |
| 36% | CHINO | 5 | Fabric whose name may derive from its country of origin |
| 36% | DADA | 4 | Movement whose name may derive from the French for "hobbyhorse" |
| 36% | SURINAME | 8 | Country whose name may derive from the Surinen Indigenous people |
| 35% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 35% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 35% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 34% | SASH | 4 | Accessory that may have a state name on it |
| 34% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | Number of U.S. state names that start with a V |
| 33% | PARMESAN | 8 | Italian cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna and Mantua |
| 33% | KILLERS | 7 | The ___, "Mr. Brightside" band that derived its name from a fictitious band seen in New Order's "Crystal" music video |
| 33% | PSEUDONYM | 9 | Derived from the Greek for "bearing a false name" |
| 33% | TEXACOSTAR | 10 | Company logo derived from a state symbol |
| 33% | BIBLE | 5 | Book that a priest might read from |
| 33% | NAIL | 4 | Fastener that a picture might hang from |
| 33% | EPONYM | 6 | Name derived from a name |
| 33% | EPONYM | 6 | Name derived from a person |
| 33% | LEON | 4 | Name derived from a roarer |
| 33% | LILI | 4 | Name derived from a flower |
| 33% | ALASKA | 6 | US state that has a shoreline on the Beaufort Sea |