| 100% | PECORINO | 8 | Cheese from the Italian for "sheep" |
| 83% | PECORINO | 8 | Cheese whose name comes from the Italian for "sheep" |
| 68% | PESTO | 5 | Word from the Italian for "crush" |
| 68% | ALTO | 4 | Register from the Italian for "high" |
| 68% | TORSOS | 6 | Word from the Italian for ''stalk'' |
| 67% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | Food from the Italian for "small strings" |
| 67% | FARFALLE | 8 | Bow-tie pasta from the Italian for butterflies |
| 67% | SOLO | 4 | Type of song from the Italian for "alone" |
| 65% | PENNE | 5 | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| 65% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 65% | MACAROONS | 9 | Coconutty confections whose name comes from the Italian for "paste" |
| 65% | TORTELLINI | 10 | Pasta whose name derives from the Italian for "little cakes" |
| 64% | CARBONARA | 9 | Dish that derives its name from the Italian for "charcoal burner" |
| 63% | SESTINA | 7 | Poem with six lines whose name derives from the Italian for "sixth" |
| 62% | MATTO | 5 | Cibo ___ (alternative-rock group whose name comes from the Italian for "crazy food") |
| 62% | ARPEGGIO | 8 | Musical effect that comes from the Italian for "to play on a harp" |
| 59% | PECORINO | 8 | Italian cheese made from sheep's milk |
| 55% | ETNA | 4 | Italian volcano from the Greek word for "I burn" |
| 54% | CATGUT | 6 | Strong cord made from the dried intestines of sheep used for stringing sports rackets |
| 53% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese from the Netherlands |
| 53% | GOUDA | 5 | Cheese from the Netherlands |
| 53% | EDAMS | 5 | Cheeses from the Netherlands |
| 52% | BURRATA | 7 | Cheese from the south of Italy |
| 52% | COGNOSCENTE | 11 | Expert, from the Italian |
| 51% | BURRATA | 7 | Cheese from the Puglia region of Italy |
| 51% | GOUDA | 5 | Mild cheese from the Netherlands |
| 51% | GOUDA | 5 | Semisoft cheese from the Netherlands |
| 51% | NOVELLE | 7 | Short tales, from the Italian |
| 51% | FORMAGGIO | 9 | Italian for cheese |
| 50% | EDAM | 4 | Red-coated cheese from the Netherlands |