| 100% | CHANG | 5 | Common name in Taipei |
| 68% | MORAN | 5 | Common name in County Mayo |
| 62% | LIL | 3 | Common name starter in 31-Across |
| 59% | TRUST | 5 | Common word in bank name |
| 59% | MART | 4 | Common suffix in store names |
| 58% | THEJAKE | 7 | Common name for the Progressive Field in Cleveland: 2 wds. |
| 58% | EARDRUM | 7 | Common name of the tympanic membrane, located in the head |
| 58% | HBAR | 4 | Common name for the reduced Planck constant ℏ, in quantum mechanics |
| 58% | MUTUAL | 6 | Common word in insurance company names |
| 58% | SAN | 3 | Common word in California town names |
| 57% | SHLOMO | 6 | Common given name in Israel |
| 57% | IGOR | 4 | Common first name in Russia |
| 56% | WALKER | 6 | Most common name for a zombie in the Walking Dead |
| 56% | HEIM | 4 | Common suffix in German and Norwegian city names |
| 55% | ELM | 3 | Common street name in the Northeast |
| 55% | EAU | 3 | French word common in fragrance names |
| 55% | OPEN | 4 | Common word in the names of major tennis tournaments |
| 54% | ALBION | 6 | Another name for Britain, common in myth |
| 54% | WHITEACRE | 9 | Common placeholder name in real estate law |
| 54% | ASIANGLOW | 9 | Common name for alcohol flush reaction, referencing its common occurrence in China, Japan, etc. |
| 54% | LIAM | 4 | The most common name for baby boys born in America in 2018 |
| 54% | LIAM | 4 | The most common name for baby boys born in America in 2020 |
| 53% | HANA | 4 | Common first name in both Czech and Japanese |
| 52% | COM | 3 | Common domain name in a URL, similar to ".net" |
| 52% | ELM | 3 | Common street name in a neighborhood with many trees |
| 52% | LAGOON | 6 | Common name of the giant nebula in Sagittarius that astronomer Charles Messier catalogued as "Messier 8" |
| 51% | NGUYEN | 6 | Most common family name in Vietnam |
| 51% | SILVA | 5 | Most common last name in Brazil |
| 50% | LEE | 3 | Most common last name in the world |
| 49% | MIRACLEONICE | 12 | Common name for Team USA's hockey victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics (3 wds.) |