| 100% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |
| 52% | SARDINE | 7 | Fish said to be named for a Mediterranean island |
| 51% | NESS | 4 | Loch —, body of water in northwest Scotland said to be inhabited by a monster |
| 50% | ERA | 3 | Period of time that may be named for a king or queen |
| 48% | SLC | 3 | State capital named for a body of water (Abbr.) |
| 47% | IKEA | 4 | Company whose bathroom sinks are named for Swedish bodies of water |
| 47% | SEA | 3 | A massive body of water which is home to waves |
| 44% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | What might be named for a king |
| 43% | RIVERPHOENIX | 12 | "Stand by Me" actor whose first name is a medium-sized body of water: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OCEANVUONG | 10 | "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" author whose first name is a large body of water: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water similar to a bay |
| 42% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 42% | ERA | 3 | Stretch of time that may be named for a leader |
| 42% | ERA | 3 | Stretch of history that may be named for a dynasty |
| 42% | MUM | 3 | Informal name for a fall garden flower given on Mother's Day that is also a way to say "mom" |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | "___ of Love," song by Phil Phillips ... or a huge water body for ships to sail |
| 41% | CAPECOD | 7 | Part of Massachusetts that was named for a type of fish: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NATURALLAKE | 11 | Body of water in a volcanic crater, for one |
| 40% | FORMAL | 6 | Style of clothing to be worn for a wedding/dinner |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | ___ level change, condition leading to oceanic water level changes that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 40% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water named for an English explorer |
| 40% | ICERINK | 7 | A frozen body of water used for skating |
| 40% | LAKESIDE | 8 | Next to a body of water |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | A body of water; Venice is located in one of these |
| 40% | BLAKE | 5 | Name that's a letter + a body of water |
| 40% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 40% | LEAR | 4 | King noted for saying "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 39% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |