| 100% | ROSS | 4 | Explorer with an Antarctic Sea named for him |
| 56% | ROSS | 4 | British explorer for whom an Antarctic sea is named |
| 55% | TASMAN | 6 | Dutch explorer with an island named after him |
| 49% | JAMESROSS | 9 | Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named |
| 48% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis star with an ESPY named for him |
| 47% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named for him |
| 44% | DORA | 4 | TV explorer with an iguana named Isa |
| 43% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Antarctic body named for an Englishman |
| 42% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | Game named for an explorer |
| 42% | XXXXX | 5 | Infielder Lefty with an Oracle Park gate named for him |
| 42% | WATT | 4 | James with an electrical unit named after him |
| 42% | TSO | 3 | General with a Chinese dish named for him |
| 42% | DESOTO | 6 | Old car named for an explorer |
| 42% | DESOTO | 6 | Old auto named for an explorer |
| 41% | PENGUIN | 7 | Batman villain named for an Antarctic bird |
| 41% | OHENRY | 6 | Writer with an award named after him |
| 41% | REAGAN | 6 | President with an airport named after him |
| 41% | BOHR | 4 | Physicist with an element named after him |
| 41% | SAX | 3 | Adolphe with an instrument named after him |
| 41% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named after him |
| 41% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water named for an English explorer |
| 40% | TEA | 3 | Actress Leoni with an asteroid named for her |
| 40% | OMSK | 4 | Russian city with an asteroid named for it |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Broad with an L.A. museum named after him |
| 40% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom a sea was named |
| 40% | OWEN | 4 | Apt name for a person with an outstanding bill |
| 39% | PONCE | 5 | Puerto Rican city named for the descendant of an explorer |
| 39% | TESLA | 5 | Nikola ___ (scientist with an electric car company named after him) |
| 39% | OHM | 3 | Physicist Georg with an electrical resistance law named after him |
| 39% | LYON | 4 | City with an airport named for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |