| 100% | DRACONIAN | 9 | Harsh laws, named after the first leader of Athens |
| 53% | DZERZHINSK | 10 | City in Russia on the Oka River named after the first leader of the Cheka |
| 51% | KNOX | 4 | Kentucky fort named after the first U.S. Secretary of War |
| 48% | ADA | 3 | Coding language named after the creator of the first computer program |
| 46% | KOBE | 4 | First name of the Lakers' all-time scoring leader |
| 44% | ECRU | 4 | Small Mississippi town established by Colonel William Clark Falkner and named after the color of its first railroad depot |
| 42% | LENIN | 5 | First leader of the the Soviet Union |
| 42% | VLADIMIR | 8 | __ Lenin, first leader of the USSR |
| 41% | CERBERUS | 8 | European heatwave named after the hound of Hades |
| 41% | ADA | 3 | Programming language named after the Countess of Lovelace |
| 40% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Leader of the first global circumnavigation |
| 40% | INITIAL | 7 | The first letter of your name |
| 40% | UEL | 3 | First name of the NW Missouri State U. president (1921-45) after which Maryville's Lamkin Activity Center is named |
| 40% | TITANIA | 7 | Uranus' moon named after the Queen of the Fairies |
| 40% | MIRANDA | 7 | Uranus moon named after the heroine of The Tempest |
| 40% | AMBROSIA | 8 | Fruit salad named after the nectar of the gods |
| 40% | DUNGENESS | 9 | Crabs named after the Straits of Juan de Fuca |
| 40% | DAMSON | 6 | Plum-like fruit, named after the city of Damascus |
| 40% | LUTETIUM | 8 | Chemical element Lu, named after the city of Paris |
| 40% | ORBIT | 5 | Gum brand named after the movement of a planet |
| 40% | JUNO | 4 | NASA space probe named after the wife of Jupiter |
| 40% | ATTLEE | 6 | Leader of the first Labour majority government |
| 40% | WILLIAM | 7 | The first name of Shakespeare and Shatner |
| 40% | EVA | 3 | The first name of __ Peron, Mendes, Green |
| 40% | LEWIS | 5 | The first name of Hamilton, Capaldi, Caroll |
| 40% | BEL | 3 | Sound intensity unit named after the inventor of the telephone |
| 40% | CADILLAC | 8 | American luxury car-maker named after the founder of Detroit |
| 40% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 39% | ELIJAH | 6 | The first name of the Frodo Baggins actor |
| 39% | CHARLES | 7 | The first name of the original Ponzi schemer |