| 100% | AMTRAK | 6 | Better-known name for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation |
| 61% | AMTRAK | 6 | The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, familiarly |
| 49% | AMTRAK | 6 | National Railroad Passenger Corporation, familiarly |
| 44% | APOLLO | 6 | Better known name of the Greek god Loxius |
| 44% | THUNBERG | 8 | Well known name in the school climate strike movement |
| 43% | OPTIMA | 6 | Kia model named for the best possible results |
| 43% | COKE | 4 | Common name for the world's best-selling soda |
| 42% | VIETCONG | 8 | Name by which the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam was known during the Vietnam War |
| 42% | CLYDE | 5 | Better known name of Mr. Barrow, murderer and bank robber of the thirties |
| 41% | AESCHYLUS | 9 | Greek dramatist best known for trilogy the Oresteia |
| 41% | REN | 3 | Better known name of the fictional Marland T. Hoek, good acquaintance of Stimpson J. Cat |
| 40% | CAN | 3 | Slangy name for the inorganic fertilizer also known as nitro-limestone or nitrochalk |
| 40% | OAK | 3 | ___ Ridge Boys (country band best known for the song "Elvira") |
| 40% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Band best known for its hit "Eye of the Tiger" |
| 40% | AHA | 3 | Band best known for the hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 40% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer best known in the US for "Orinoco Flow" |
| 40% | MACYGRAY | 8 | R&B singer best known for the song I Try |
| 40% | AHA | 3 | Band best known for the song "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 39% | PIANO | 5 | The ___ Guys, group known for "Code Name Vivaldi" |
| 39% | MICHELANGELO | 12 | Sculptor best known for the Pietà and his statue of David |
| 39% | SUE | 3 | Mystery author Grafton who's best known for the "alphabet series" |
| 39% | KATY | 4 | Houston suburb named for initials from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |
| 39% | GLEN | 4 | Good name for a guy living in the valley |
| 39% | MAX | 3 | Good name for somebody living life to the fullest? |
| 39% | APT | 3 | Well-suited, like the name Rose for a florist |
| 39% | APT | 3 | Well-chosen, like the name Petunia for a florist |
| 38% | MEE | 3 | Arthur —, journalist born in 1875 best known for The Children's Encyclopaedia |
| 38% | GREGORY | 7 | — XIII, 16th-century Pope best known for his reformation of the calendar |
| 38% | JACK | 4 | ___ Kerouac, Beat Generation writer best known for his work "On the Road" |
| 38% | AHA | 3 | Pop band best known in the US for "Take On Me": Hyph. |