| 100% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 60% | PARMESAN | 8 | Italian cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna and Mantua |
| 39% | KILLERS | 7 | The ___, "Mr. Brightside" band that derived its name from a fictitious band seen in New Order's "Crystal" music video |
| 38% | CARBONARA | 9 | Dish that derives its name from the Italian for "charcoal burner" |
| 35% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 35% | BISHOP | 6 | Chess piece with a deep groove that shares its name with a position in the clergy |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 34% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 34% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 33% | MAUI | 4 | Island in Hawaii that shares its name with a character from Disney's "Moana" |
| 33% | PENNE | 5 | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| 33% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 32% | STE | 3 | Sault ___ Marie, city in Canada's Ontario that shares its name with a city in the USA |
| 32% | ASTI | 4 | Sparkling Italian wine that dropped the word "spumante" from its name in 1993 |
| 31% | KWANZAA | 7 | Holiday that derives its name from Swahili and is celebrated in December |
| 31% | APPLE | 5 | Tech company that shares a name with the fruit in its logo |
| 31% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 31% | SKYNET | 6 | N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" movies |
| 30% | MONTBLANC | 9 | Highest mountain in the Alps, with a white peak |
| 30% | NEW | 3 | "The Only Living Boy in ___ York" (2017 film that shares its name with a Simon & Garfunkel song) |
| 30% | KAY | 3 | Mary ___ cosmetics, that shares its name with the Wife from "The Godfather" |
| 30% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 30% | PARMA | 5 | Italian city that lends its name to a type of cheese |
| 30% | TBONE | 5 | Type of steak that takes its name from a letter of the alphabet: Hyph. |
| 30% | OSU | 3 | Rhythm game that shares its name with the abbreviation for a Big 10 school |
| 30% | SHEAF | 5 | River in Sheffield from which the city derives its name |
| 29% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 29% | GHETTO | 6 | Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of "borough" in Italian |
| 29% | OHIO | 4 | American state that derives it's name from a nearby river |