| 100% | CAMPECHE | 8 | Bay of —, that part of the Gulf of Mexico west of the Yucatan Peninsula |
| 50% | RIO | 3 | ___ Grande (river that flows to the Gulf of Mexico) |
| 48% | ALA | 3 | State that borders Florida and the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |
| 47% | BAJA | 4 | Peninsula west of the Gulf of California, informally |
| 47% | RIOGRANDE | 9 | River that flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALA | 3 | State that has a small border with the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |
| 45% | SUWANNEE | 8 | US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border that flows to the Gulf of Mexico |
| 45% | ANATOLIA | 8 | Peninsula that comprises the Asian part of Turkey |
| 45% | TIMOR | 5 | — Sea, that part of the Indian Ocean west of the Arafura Sea and north of Australia |
| 44% | ELBE | 4 | River that formed part of the border between East and West Germany |
| 44% | OKHOTSK | 7 | Sea of —, that part of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands and Siberian mainland |
| 42% | HORIZON | 7 | "Deepwater ___," 2016 film starring Mark Wahlberg that was inspired by the real-life disaster following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill |
| 42% | SOCOTRA | 7 | Island near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden that became part of South Yemen in 1967 |
| 42% | DOURO | 5 | River that forms part of the border between Spain and Portugal before flowing west to the Atlantic |
| 42% | ANDAMANSEA | 10 | Part of the Bay of Bengal |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | Part of the Gulf Coast: Abbr. |
| 42% | OLMEC | 5 | Member of an indigenous people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico |
| 42% | THIGH | 5 | That part of the leg between the hip and the knee |
| 41% | ISTRIA | 6 | Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste |
| 41% | SINAI | 5 | Peninsula east of the Gulf of Suez |
| 41% | SINAI | 5 | West edge of the Gulf of Aqaba |
| 41% | OLMEC | 5 | Member of an ancient Indian people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico |
| 41% | BONNY | 5 | Bight of —, bay in West Africa also known as the Bight of Biafra that houses the island of Bioko |
| 41% | KRA | 3 | Isthmus of —, narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and Bay of Bengal |
| 41% | OILRESERVE | 10 | The Gulf of Mexico has a big one |
| 41% | CLEARWATER | 10 | City on the Gulf of Mexico |
| 41% | TABASCO | 7 | State on the Gulf of Mexico |
| 41% | BRAZOS | 6 | River to the Gulf of Mexico |
| 41% | YUCATAN | 7 | State on the Gulf of Mexico |
| 41% | OILRIGS | 7 | Structures in the Gulf of Mexico |