| 100% | WABASH | 6 | Border river in the Midwest |
| 58% | OHARE | 5 | Busiest airport in the Midwest |
| 58% | OHARE | 5 | Midway alternative in the Midwest |
| 58% | OHARE | 5 | Largest airport in the Midwest |
| 57% | KELSO | 5 | Market town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Rivers Teviot and Tweed |
| 57% | POP | 3 | Soda, in the Midwest |
| 56% | EBOLA | 5 | River in the Congo |
| 56% | CST | 3 | Winter hrs. in the Midwest |
| 56% | POPB/AUOTTLES | 13 | Soda containers, in the Midwest |
| 56% | POPBOTTLE | 9 | Certain recyclable, in the Midwest |
| 56% | STYX | 4 | River in the Greek underworld |
| 56% | EUPHRATES | 9 | River in the middle east |
| 55% | ORNE | 4 | River in the D-Day invasion |
| 55% | STYX | 4 | River in the Percy Jackson books |
| 55% | MAMORE | 6 | River rising in the Andes that forms part of the Bolivia-Brazil border |
| 55% | COLUMBUSSUMOCLUB | 16 | Heavyweights in the Midwest? |
| 55% | GORIZIA | 7 | Town in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy, on the Isonzo River bordering Slovenia |
| 54% | LENA | 4 | River in the Russian Federation in Asia |
| 54% | STYX | 4 | River in the fifth circle of hell |
| 54% | NILE | 4 | Longest river in the world |
| 54% | CONGO | 5 | Deepest river in the world |
| 53% | GRANDFORKS | 10 | Red River Valley city in the upper Midwest |
| 53% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | US river rising in NW Wyoming that enters the Missouri near the North Dakota border |
| 53% | CDT | 3 | Summer setting in the Midwest: Abbr. |
| 53% | BLOOMINGTON | 11 | State university city in the Midwest |
| 53% | FLAT | 4 | Like most land in the Midwest |
| 53% | FARGO | 5 | Crime drama set in the Midwest |
| 53% | WISCONSINCHEESE | 15 | Dairy product made in the Midwest |
| 53% | KCMO | 4 | Jazz mecca in the Midwest, casually |
| 53% | AMAZON | 6 | Second longest river in the world |