| 100% | BLYTH | 5 | Chay —, Scottish yachtsman who sailed single-handed around the globe in a westward direction in 1970-71 |
| 32% | NELLIE | 6 | Bly who traveled around the globe in 72 days |
| 30% | THOR | 4 | Heyerdahl who famously crossed the Pacific in a hand made raft |
| 30% | PALMIST | 7 | A person who sees the future in your hand |
| 30% | CHICHESTER | 10 | Francis —, British yachtsman who sailed round the world in Gipsy Moth IV |
| 30% | GUIDE | 5 | A person in a museum who shows the visitors around |
| 29% | ANSON | 5 | George —, English naval commander who completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1744 |
| 29% | MACBETH | 7 | Scottish king who's the title character in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 28% | MAUL | 4 | Loose scrum formed around a rugby player with the ball in hand |
| 28% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob ___, singer who covered the song "Take a Message to Mary" in 1970 |
| 28% | MYA | 3 | Single-named singer who had a role in the movie "Chicago" |
| 28% | MACLEOD | 7 | Iain —, Chancellor of the Exchequer who died in 1970 after a month in office |
| 27% | VELA | 4 | Carlos ___, Mexican soccer player who holds the MLS record for most goals in a single season |
| 27% | SAMMENDES | 9 | "The Ferryman" director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | RENEE | 5 | ___ Zellweger, "Judy" actress who won the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Drama in 2020 |
| 27% | BUTLER | 6 | Austin ___, actor who won the "Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama" Golden Globe award in 2023 |
| 27% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors guard who holds the NBA record for most three-pointers in a single game: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, American basketball player who is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game |
| 26% | AMYRODRIGUEZ | 12 | USWNT soccer player who scored five goals in a single game against the Dominican Republic in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LENA | 4 | Dunham who won a 2013 Golden Globe for Best Actress in the TV comedy "Girls" |
| 26% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Edmonton Oilers: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MARIOLEMIEUX | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 wds. |
| 26% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Wilma ___, late American sprinter who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games |
| 26% | NIALL | 5 | ___ Horan, member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Slow Hands" |
| 25% | LYRIC | 5 | "In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea" is the first one in "Yellow Submarine," by the Beatles |
| 25% | AUREOLE | 7 | Radiance around the head of a holy person in works of art |
| 25% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ASWIRL | 6 | Like the snow in a shaken snow globe |
| 25% | KINGMINOS | 9 | Monarch who entrapped the Minotaur in a maze |
| 25% | NARRATOR | 8 | Person who tells the story in a book |