| 100% | OLGAKORBUT | 10 | Gymnast nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk" |
| 100% | KORBUT | 6 | Gymnast nicknamed the Sparrow from Minsk, Olga __ |
| 87% | OLGAKORBUT | 10 | *1970s gymnast nicknamed "the sparrow from Minsk" |
| 41% | CROC | 4 | Nickname from the Greek for ''lizard'' |
| 41% | VERN | 4 | Nickname from the Latin for ''spring'' |
| 41% | MAVS | 4 | Nickname for the basketball team from Dallas |
| 40% | ABE | 3 | Presidential nickname from the 1860s |
| 40% | STU | 3 | Nickname made from consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | NED | 3 | The nickname of Eddard Stark, from "Game of Thrones" |
| 39% | NED | 3 | The nickname of Eddard Stark from "Game of Thrones" |
| 39% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the US president from 1953 to 1961 |
| 39% | JLO | 3 | "Jenny from the Block" singer's nickname |
| 39% | ANI | 3 | Darth Vader's nickname from the past |
| 38% | NED | 3 | The nickname of Eddard Stark, patriarch from "Game of Thrones" |
| 38% | ARBITER | 7 | Mosquito from the state nicknamed Land of Opportunity? |
| 38% | TEX | 3 | Nickname for someone from The Lone Star State |
| 38% | BREXIT | 6 | Nickname for the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union |
| 38% | NAT | 3 | Nickname that may cut "-haniel" or "-asha" from the full name |
| 38% | ELI | 3 | Nickname that may remove "-jah" or "-sha" from the full name |
| 38% | ARI | 3 | Nickname that might drop "-stotle" or "-ana" from the full name |
| 37% | HARPO | 5 | Comic's nickname derived from the instrument he played |
| 37% | THESMOKE | 8 | London's nickname from before the Clean Air Acts |
| 37% | SAL | 3 | Nickname that might remove "-vatore" from the end of its full version |
| 37% | PAM | 3 | Woman's nickname that omits "-ela" from the full name |
| 37% | DUBYA | 5 | Nickname for the president from 2001 to 2009 |
| 36% | HARP | 4 | Instrument from which one of the Marx Brothers got his nickname |
| 35% | CHI | 3 | "The ___" (Showtime drama whose title comes from the nickname for an Illinois city) |
| 35% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's also the nickname for an athlete from Temple University |
| 35% | SNIT | 4 | Droopy McCool's nickname in the Max Rebo Band from Star Wars |
| 32% | DUBS | 4 | Nickname for the NBA team from San Francisco Bay Area who play their home games at the Oracle Arena |