| 100% | FERN | 4 | Girl with a botanical name, in “Charlotte’s Web” |
| 82% | FERNARABLE | 10 | Girl with a botanical name in a children's novel featuring a spider who saves a pig with messages in her web (2 wds.) |
| 57% | LILYPOTTER | 10 | Woman with a botanical name in a fantasy series about a boy wizard (2 wds.) |
| 56% | DAISYBUCHANAN | 13 | Woman with a botanical name in a classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties (2 wds.) |
| 48% | MELISSA | 7 | Computer virus with a girl's name |
| 48% | KATYDID | 7 | Large grasshopper with a partial girl's name |
| 48% | LISA | 4 | 1983 Apple computer with a girl's name |
| 48% | VIRGINIA | 8 | __ creeper, woody vine with a girl's name |
| 48% | NOELLE | 6 | Girl with a festive-sounding name |
| 48% | ALICE | 5 | Girl with a cat named Dinah |
| 47% | AMARYLLIS | 9 | Girl in "The Music Man" with a floral name |
| 47% | SIMONSAYS | 9 | Playground game with a boy's name in the title |
| 46% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun in an Aerosmith hit |
| 46% | MUSTANGSALLY | 12 | Wilson Pickett hit song with a girl's name (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SWEETCAROLINE | 13 | Neil Diamond hit song with a girl's name (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HELPMERHONDA | 12 | Beach Boys hit song with a girl's name (3 wds.) |
| 46% | TESSA | 5 | Girl's name that's a benefit in reverse? |
| 46% | LOLA | 4 | Girl's name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 46% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun, in an Aerosmith song |
| 45% | BARBARAANN | 10 | 1965 41-Across hit song with a girl's name (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HELPMERHONDA | 12 | 1965 41-Across hit song with a girl's name (3 wds.) |
| 45% | PENGUIN | 7 | Tuxedoed Antarctic bird with a "writer's tool" hidden in its name |
| 45% | LION | 4 | "Mane" safari attraction with a "physicist's particle" hidden in its name |
| 45% | MARYJANES | 9 | Shoes with horizontal strap and a girl's name |
| 45% | ALEXA | 5 | Girl's name in a 1990 Billy Joel title |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | Cincinnati's state with a greeting in its name |
| 44% | DORATHEEXPLORER | 15 | Animated girl with a map named Map |
| 44% | FERN | 4 | Girl in "Charlotte's Web" |
| 44% | EPEE | 4 | Sword with a French name that's used in an Olympic sport |
| 44% | BETH | 4 | Short form of a girl's name, along with Liz |