| 100% | POTAUFEU | 8 | French dish named for the method used to cook it |
| 53% | TANDOORICHICKEN | 15 | Dish named for the oven in which it’s cooked |
| 52% | BEERCANCHICKEN | 14 | Poultry dish named for the vessel it's cooked around |
| 45% | PHO | 3 | Dish whose name comes from the French word for "fire," according to one theory |
| 44% | MISORAMEN | 9 | Dish named for a paste it uses |
| 42% | EURO | 4 | Money named for the continent where it is used |
| 42% | BABYLON | 7 | "___ 5," one of the first television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects |
| 42% | TAGINE | 6 | Maghrebi stew named for the pot it's cooked in |
| 41% | NICAD | 5 | Battery type named for the two metals used for its electrodes |
| 41% | GHOSTORCHID | 11 | White flower named for the fact that it appears to float |
| 41% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 41% | CROMAGNON | 9 | Prehistoric hominid named for the French cave where it was first discovered |
| 40% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |
| 40% | MARATHON | 8 | Long race that used to be the name for Snickers |
| 39% | CYNTHIA | 7 | Another name for Greek goddess Artemis, used poetically to denote the Moon |
| 39% | SEAMERS | 7 | Two-__: fastballs named for the grip used to throw them |
| 39% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 38% | OBELUS | 6 | The name for this typographical mark, often used to mark footnotes: † |
| 37% | KESHA | 5 | Pop singer who used to use a dollar sign for the third letter of her name |
| 37% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 37% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 37% | LAVENDER | 8 | Color named after the eponymous flower used for its scent |
| 36% | PIZZAMARGHERITA | 15 | Dish named for the queen consort of Italy's Umberto I |
| 36% | TARO | 4 | Its leaves are used for the Hawaiian dish laulau |
| 36% | SUNDAE | 6 | Dish named for a day of the week |
| 36% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Top named for the letter it resembles |
| 35% | TELESCOPIUM | 11 | Constellation named for the instrument it depicts |
| 35% | GNU | 3 | Bovid named for the sound it makes |
| 35% | MONTREAL | 8 | City named for the hill it surrounds |