| 100% | PETIOLE | 7 | Botanical name for the stem or stalk of a leaf |
| 59% | PETIOLE | 7 | Stem or stalk of a leaf |
| 48% | HAFT | 4 | The name for the handle of a knife or spear, hilt |
| 44% | PETIOLE | 7 | Stalk that joins a leaf to the stem of a plant |
| 43% | FOLIAGE | 7 | Collective name for the leaves of plants |
| 43% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 43% | CALYX | 5 | Collective name for the sepals of a flower |
| 42% | KNAVES | 6 | Alternative name for the jacks in a deck of cards |
| 42% | CUEBALL | 7 | Another name for the white in a game of snooker |
| 42% | GRAIN | 5 | The seed or fruit of a plant used for cereal |
| 41% | SOLDIER | 7 | General name for a member of the Army |
| 41% | KAON | 4 | Particle named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 41% | TEE | 3 | Shirt named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 41% | SUNDAE | 6 | Dish named for a day of the week |
| 40% | DECKER | 6 | A type of bus or the candy named for it: double __ |
| 40% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 40% | STEIN | 5 | Letters after "Franken-" for the name of a monster |
| 40% | COCCYX | 6 | Medical name for a tailbone, base of the spine |
| 40% | ASPEN | 5 | Colorado ski city named for the abundance of a certain tree in the area |
| 40% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 40% | APP | 3 | A short name for the first course of a meal |
| 40% | IOR | 3 | Suffix with "super" for the name of a Great Lake |
| 40% | CHAIRMAN | 8 | "Male" term for the leader of a committee or board |
| 39% | SABLE | 5 | Retired WWE female wrestler named for a cousin of the mink |
| 39% | TLAXCALA | 8 | Mexican state named for a pre-Columbian enemy of the Aztecs |
| 39% | TONYAWARD | 9 | Prize named for a co-founder of the American Theatre Wing |
| 39% | DUNKIRK | 7 | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 |
| 38% | MAE | 3 | Common middle name for a girl, also the name of TV star ___ West |
| 38% | NAPOLI | 6 | Italian name for a port city often credited as the home of pizza |
| 38% | STARR | 5 | Ringo ___, drummer for The Beatles whose name is reminiscent of a Christmas night |