| 100% | TEAL | 4 | Color that takes its name from a duck |
| 84% | TEAL | 4 | Color that takes its name from a bird |
| 70% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state that takes its name from a river |
| 69% | LEFIGARO | 8 | Leading newspaper that took its name from a stage comedy |
| 69% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that takes its name from a Native American tribe |
| 67% | TBONE | 5 | Type of steak that takes its name from a letter of the alphabet: Hyph. |
| 66% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 66% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 62% | TEAL | 4 | Blue-green color that shares its name with a duck |
| 62% | TEAL | 4 | Duck that lends its name to a color |
| 59% | DRAB | 4 | Word that took its lackluster name from a fabric made of undyed, homespun wool |
| 58% | TEAL | 4 | Blue-green color that shares its name with a type of duck |
| 57% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state which takes its name from a river |
| 57% | SOBE | 4 | Drink brand that takes its name from South Beach, Florida |
| 57% | ACE | 3 | Hardware store chain that took its name from fighter pilots |
| 56% | AMBER | 5 | Shade of yellow that takes its name from eponymous tree resin |
| 56% | THEDOORS | 8 | 1960s-'70s band that took its name from an Aldous Huxley title |
| 55% | SCISSORSDANCE | 13 | Quechuan custom that takes its name from the bladelike rods wielded by performers |
| 54% | SAZERAC | 7 | Cocktail that gets its name from a French cognac |
| 53% | MOMSSPAGHETTI | 13 | Restaurant opened by Eminem, in 2021, which takes its name from a line in “Lose Yourself” |
| 52% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance giant that got its name from a Sicilian volcano |
| 51% | GOLDENEYE | 9 | Duck that shares its name with a Bond film |
| 50% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | Musical biopic that takes its title from a 1972 hit by 17-Across |
| 49% | OLIVE | 5 | Fruit that gives its name to a yellowish green color |
| 49% | MARIMBA | 7 | Instrument that shares its name with a figure from Zulu folklore |
| 45% | MAUI | 4 | Island in Hawaii that shares its name with a character from Disney's "Moana" |
| 43% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | American state that derives it's name from a nearby river |
| 42% | LORNA | 5 | ___ Doone (cookie brand that shares its name with a character from a Victorian romance novel) |
| 42% | TEAL | 4 | Color named for a duck |