| 100% | FRA | 3 | Country that "Ratatouille" is set in, for short |
| 58% | CHINA | 5 | Country that holds the record for being the most populous in the world |
| 57% | NAM | 3 | Southeast Asian country that was a 1956-1975 war zone, for short |
| 57% | CHOCOLAT | 8 | 2000 film set in France that was nominated for five Academy Awards |
| 57% | VATICAN | 7 | ___ City, country that holds the record for being the smallest in the world |
| 56% | GUAC | 4 | Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short |
| 56% | ABS | 3 | Muscles that are counted in packs, for short |
| 55% | ANGOLA | 6 | Luanda's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2016 |
| 55% | CANADA | 6 | Ottawa's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2017 |
| 55% | INDIA | 5 | New Delhi's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2018 |
| 54% | TEXAS | 5 | State that was an independent country for a decade beginning in 1836 |
| 54% | ETAS | 4 | Scheduling guesses that might be updated in midair, for short |
| 54% | ARLEN | 5 | Fictional town in Texas that is the setting for "King of the Hill" |
| 52% | OBITS | 5 | Horror short story by Stephen King that was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2016 |
| 51% | BARGAINBLOCK | 12 | HGTV show set in Detroit featuring run-down properties that are renovated into starter homes for first-time buyers (2 wds.) |
| 51% | RUSSIA | 6 | Country that Saint Petersburg is in |
| 51% | KOREA | 5 | Country that was divided in 1953 |
| 51% | IPAS | 4 | Six-pack that might be in the "Craft" section, for short |
| 50% | LAKE | 4 | ___ Wallenpaupack, water body in Scranton that was the setting for a Dunder Mifflin cruise party in "The Office" |
| 50% | GOT | 3 | TV show set in Westeros, for short |
| 50% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 50% | OLDS | 4 | General Motors make that was discontinued in 2004, for short |
| 50% | GEM | 3 | Stone that could be set in a crown |
| 50% | MDT | 3 | Summer clock setting in Santa Fe, for short |
| 50% | EDT | 3 | Summer setting in Somerset, for short |
| 49% | MAYO | 4 | Thick, creamy dressing that is used in coleslaw, for short |
| 49% | LOTR | 4 | Series set in Middle-earth, for short |
| 49% | EDT | 3 | Summer setting in D.C., for short |
| 48% | IRE | 3 | Country that's known as "the Emerald Isle," for short |
| 48% | ABS | 3 | Set of muscles that come in packs, for short |