| 100% | STARGAZER | 9 | Fish such as the Atlantic — or giant — whose eyes are atop its head |
| 49% | COD | 3 | Food fish such as the Atlantic — or Pacific — |
| 46% | BONITO | 6 | Food fish such as the Pacific --- or Atlantic --- |
| 45% | OARFISH | 7 | Elongated marine fish such as the king of herrings or giant — |
| 43% | REMORA | 6 | Elongated marine fish such as the Common — with a sucking disc on the top of its head |
| 42% | POMFRET | 7 | Deep-bodied fish such as the Atlantic — |
| 41% | POMFRET | 7 | Deep-bodied perch-like fish such as the Atlantic — |
| 40% | HERRING | 7 | Soft-finned food fish such as the Atlantic — and Pacific — |
| 39% | GRUNION | 7 | Fish such as the Gulf — or California — which spawns on beaches |
| 39% | ROCKFISH | 8 | Marine fish such as the Quillback — or China — |
| 39% | LOACH | 5 | Aquarium fish such as the kuhli — or clown — |
| 38% | GURNARD | 7 | Bottom-dwelling fish such as the tub — or bluefin — |
| 38% | TROUT | 5 | Freshwater game fish such as the brown — or rainbow — |
| 38% | REDSNAPPER | 10 | Marine food fish such as the Northern — or Emperor — |
| 38% | TUNA | 4 | Threatened food fish such as the bluefin — or skipjack — |
| 38% | ARGUS | 5 | Giant whose eyes are said to have been transferred to the peacock's tail |
| 37% | SEABASS | 7 | Food and sport fish such as the black — of the US Atlantic coast |
| 37% | DORY | 4 | Large-mouthed marine fish such as the mirror — or Cape — |
| 37% | POMPANO | 7 | Deep-bodied food fish such as the Florida — or southern — |
| 36% | TETRA | 5 | Brightly coloured tropical freshwater fish such as the Neon — or Cardinal — |
| 36% | METADATA | 8 | Information about a file, such as the date it was created |
| 36% | QUEBRACHO | 9 | South American tree such as the Red — whose wood is used in tanning |
| 35% | COTTONWOOD | 10 | North American poplar such as the Eastern — whose seeds are covered with white hairs |
| 35% | DRUPE | 5 | Fruit such as the plum or cherry whose stony endocarp encloses a single seed |
| 35% | PLANE | 5 | Tree such as the American — or Oriental — with ball-shaped heads of fruit |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Fish such as the moray |
| 34% | RAINBOWTROUT | 12 | Fish such as the steelhead |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Fish such as Flotsam or Jetsam in "The Little Mermaid" |
| 33% | LINKINGVERB | 11 | Word such as "be" ... or a punny description of the seven-letter word that can create new action words when its letters are inserted in the breaks of the circled action words |
| 33% | ITT | 3 | Defense contractor whose stock symbol is the same as its name |