| 100% | TEARGAS | 7 | First World War weapon later prohibited by the Geneva Protocol |
| 35% | MARNE | 5 | Crucial First World War battle Miracle of the __ |
| 34% | ATOM | 4 | ___ bomb, nuclear weapon which was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel "The World Set Free" by HG Wells |
| 33% | SMALLPOX | 8 | Disease eradicated by the world's first vaccine |
| 32% | AXIS | 4 | Group fought by the Allies in World War II |
| 31% | POE | 3 | First name of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" character Dameron |
| 31% | HEATRAY | 7 | Martian weapon in "The War of the Worlds" |
| 30% | ASDIC | 5 | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two World Wars |
| 30% | HEATRAY | 7 | Martian's weapon in "The War of the Worlds" |
| 30% | HEATRAYS | 8 | Weapons in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" |
| 30% | FERDINAND | 9 | His assassination triggered the first World War |
| 30% | VERDUN | 6 | Longest battle of the First World War |
| 30% | ASDIC | 5 | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two world wars (inits) |
| 30% | HEATRAY | 7 | Martian weapon in "The War of the Worlds": 2 wds. |
| 30% | INFECTION | 9 | Invaders were killed by this in War of the Worlds |
| 30% | LEIA | 4 | "Sar Wars: The Last Jedi" general played by Carrie Fisher |
| 30% | CHEMICAL | 8 | Type of weapons banned by the Geneva Convention |
| 29% | HEATRAY | 7 | ''War of the Worlds'' weapon |
| 28% | STENS | 5 | Second World War weapons |
| 28% | LOST | 4 | "The ___ World," first book featuring the character of Professor Challenger created by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 28% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IDOLATRY | 8 | Something prohibited by the Ten Commandments |
| 28% | REDBARON | 8 | German First World War flying ace |
| 28% | STEN | 4 | World War II weapon |
| 27% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Pacific Ocean atoll taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 27% | FRANZ | 5 | Ferdinand whose death led to the First World War |
| 27% | AFAREWELLTOARMS | 15 | Ernest Hemingway novel set during the First World War |
| 27% | LEAGUE | 6 | __ of Nations, founded after the First World War |
| 27% | BAIL | 4 | Excessive ___ (something prohibited by the Eighth Amendment) |
| 27% | IDOL | 4 | ___ worship (something prohibited by the Ten Commandments) |