| 100% | OSB | 3 | Formal name of the "Black Monks", founded in the 6th century |
| 51% | SIKH | 4 | Member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 50% | SIKH | 4 | A member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 50% | PAUL | 4 | Name of six popes, including one in the 20th century |
| 48% | SUZANNE | 7 | Name of Crazy Eyes in Orange is the New Black |
| 47% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |
| 47% | ALE | 3 | Kind of beer found in the name "Christian Bale" |
| 47% | ONEIDA | 6 | Global supplier of tableware and cutlery named after the NY community founded in 1848 |
| 46% | STU | 3 | Name found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 46% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 45% | ORWELL | 6 | English novelist George ___ (pen name) whose novella "Animal Farm" is considered one of the best ones written in the 20th century |
| 45% | SIKH | 4 | Member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th-century |
| 45% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya which was founded in 7th century BC by the Phoenicians |
| 45% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer named "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard in 1976 |
| 44% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 44% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 44% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Sports Illustrated named him "Sportsman of the Century" in 1999 |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated in 1999 |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated in 1999 |
| 44% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named Sportsman of the Century by "Sports Illustrated" in 1999 |
| 44% | BART | 4 | First name of the only fictional character in Time's list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century |
| 43% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | US choreographer named Dancer of the Century by Time magazine in 1998 |
| 43% | EUREKA | 6 | Name of Dorothy's cat in The Wizard of Oz, originally found by Uncle Henry |
| 42% | ELK | 3 | Member of the deer family found in the Rockies |
| 42% | MELOS | 5 | English name of the Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea where the Venus de Milo was found |
| 42% | INSTITUTEGALA | 13 | "Costume ___," the formal name of Met Ball, the biggest fashion fundraising nights in New York City.: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PHNOMPENH | 9 | Asian capital named after the woman who supposedly founded it in the fourteenth century |
| 42% | ESQUIRE | 7 | Unofficial title of respect written in the end of a man's formal name |
| 42% | ELIHU | 5 | Politician ___ Washburne of the 19th century, who was prominent in founding the Republican Party |