| 100% | LUX | 3 | Fiat ___ (University of California motto) |
| 71% | DAVIS | 5 | University of California campus |
| 71% | DAVIS | 5 | University of California site |
| 71% | IRVINE | 6 | University of California campus |
| 71% | CRUZ | 4 | University of California, Santa ___ |
| 71% | SANTABARBARA | 12 | University of California city |
| 71% | BERKELEY | 8 | University of California city |
| 70% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California campus site |
| 70% | IRVINE | 6 | University of California campus locale |
| 68% | ANGELA | 6 | University of California lecturer and author Davis |
| 67% | CRUZ | 4 | Santa ___, University of California city |
| 65% | BIGWEST | 7 | Conference with five University of California schools |
| 65% | UCLA | 4 | Abbr. for University of California, Los Angeles |
| 63% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California, ___ (school whose sports teams are the Banana Slugs) |
| 63% | SAT | 3 | Test no longer required for University of California admission |
| 62% | EDU | 3 | Internet suffix whose earliest users included University of California, Berkeley |
| 62% | LUX | 3 | Fiat ___ (common university motto) |
| 61% | PUBLICIVVV | 10 | Informal group that includes the Universities of California, Michigan and Virginia |
| 60% | HAHNIUM | 7 | Name proposed by the University of California, Berkeley, for element 105, Dubnium |
| 56% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that's the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay |
| 55% | PALOALTO | 8 | California city that includes portions of Stanford University: 2 wds. |
| 55% | XXXXXXXXX | 9 | One of the University of California's locations |
| 54% | ELMONTE | 7 | California city whose motto is "End of the Santa Fe Trail" |
| 53% | DAVIS | 5 | Northernmost campus of the University of California |
| 49% | EUREKA | 6 | California motto |
| 48% | NOTRE | 5 | University of ___ Dame |
| 48% | TUFTS | 5 | University of Massachusetts |
| 48% | DAME | 4 | University of Notre ___ |
| 48% | NOTRE | 5 | University of __ Dame |
| 48% | RHODE | 5 | University of ___ Island |