| 100% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that ancient traders crossed |
| 46% | GOBI | 4 | Desert crossed by the ancient Silk Road |
| 37% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that borders Mauritania |
| 36% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that occasionally gets snow |
| 36% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that spans 10 countries |
| 36% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that means "desert" in Arabic |
| 36% | NEGEV | 5 | Desert that covers part of Palestine |
| 36% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that straddles China and Mongolia |
| 36% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that straddles Mongolia and China |
| 36% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that spans 11 African countries |
| 36% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that covers much of Libya |
| 35% | CARAVAN | 7 | Desert crosser |
| 35% | ANKH | 4 | Ancient cross |
| 35% | TAU | 3 | Ancient cross |
| 35% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that covers over 90% of Algeria |
| 34% | SONORAN | 7 | Desert that forms Arizona's Saguaro national park |
| 34% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that was once home to Tarbosaurus bataar |
| 34% | GOBI | 4 | Desert that spans northern China and southern Mongolia |
| 34% | MOHAVE | 6 | Southwest desert that includes Death Valley |
| 34% | AMMAN | 5 | City that ancient Greeks called Philadelphia |
| 34% | IBIS | 4 | Bird that Ancient Egyptians once mummified |
| 33% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that makes up roughly one-third of Africa |
| 33% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that covers more than three million square miles |
| 33% | NAMIB | 5 | African desert that includes the Skeleton Coast |
| 33% | CERBERUS | 8 | Dog that ancient Greeks thought guarded Hades |
| 33% | SANDSTORM | 9 | Desert hazard that reduces visibility |
| 33% | CAMEL | 5 | Desert animal that has humps |
| 33% | YUCCA | 5 | Desert plant that sounds disgusting |
| 33% | YUCCA | 5 | Desert plant that sounds gross |
| 32% | EXES | 4 | Marks that cross |