| 100% | NEER | 4 | Common in engineer and pioneer |
| 60% | BAIRD | 5 | John Logie —, Scottish engineer and television pioneer who died in 1946 |
| 52% | ISM | 3 | Common in capitalism and communism? |
| 51% | OLE | 3 | Common in console, whole and role |
| 51% | ORE | 3 | Common in before, adore and more |
| 48% | VONBRAUN | 8 | German V2 rocket engineer and space pioneer |
| 48% | BAIRD | 5 | John Logie —, Scottish engineer and television pioneer |
| 48% | OLA | 3 | Letters common in "Payola" and "Granola" |
| 47% | DYNAMITE | 8 | Explosive common in demolition and mining |
| 47% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste common in tomatoes and mushrooms |
| 47% | TEN | 3 | Number common in 8a, 12a, 23a, 5d, and 15d |
| 47% | SMOG | 4 | Air pollution common in Los Angeles and Mexico City |
| 47% | PINTO | 5 | — bean, mottled seed common in the US and Mexico |
| 46% | POTATO | 6 | Common ingredient in hash browns and gnocchi |
| 46% | JUNKERS | 7 | Hugo —, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 |
| 46% | DAIMLER | 7 | Gottlieb —, German engineer and car manufacturer who died in 1900 |
| 45% | FOG | 3 | Common weather condition in San Francisco and London |
| 45% | HANA | 4 | Common first name in both Czech and Japanese |
| 45% | EURO | 4 | Common currency used in countries like Ireland and Germany |
| 45% | DOCTOR | 6 | Common word in Marvel's Strange and Doom roles |
| 44% | LONGA | 5 | Something gays and straights have in common? |
| 44% | BEARDS | 6 | Lincoln and Grant had them in common |
| 44% | MARS | 4 | Phobos and Deimos have it in common |
| 44% | TEETH | 5 | What humans and saws have in common |
| 44% | SYMMETRY | 8 | Something U and I have in common |
| 44% | ARMOR | 5 | Knights and tanks have it in common |
| 44% | VOWELOFSILENCE | 14 | What people and leopards have in common? |
| 44% | DOT | 3 | What "i" and "j" have in common |
| 44% | ZITHER | 6 | String instrument common in Central European folk music placed horizontally and plucked |
| 44% | SAPPER | 6 | A pioneer or combat engineer in the army |