| 100% | SAGE | 4 | Herb whose name doubles as a word meaning "intelligent" |
| 50% | LOKI | 4 | God whose name sounds like a word meaning "understated" |
| 50% | YEN | 3 | Currency whose name comes from a word meaning "round" |
| 50% | ARRID | 5 | Antiperspirant whose name sounds like a word meaning "dry" |
| 48% | ION | 3 | Cable channel whose name is also a word meaning "charged particle" |
| 48% | SAGE | 4 | Herb whose name can also mean "intelligent" |
| 46% | EVIAN | 5 | Water brand whose name in reverse is a word that means "innocent" |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | Canadian-American lake whose name sounds like a word meaning "spooky" |
| 44% | NME | 3 | British music magazine whose name sounds like a word that means foe |
| 43% | ETNA | 4 | Italian place whose name comes from a Greek word meaning "I burn" |
| 42% | XZIBIT | 6 | Rapper with an MTV show … whose name sounds like a word meaning "show" |
| 41% | DIOR | 4 | Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for “God” and “gold” |
| 41% | SLIMEY | 6 | Oscar the Grouch's pet worm, whose name sounds like a word meaning "oozy" |
| 41% | RIDDLE | 6 | A word game using double meanings |
| 40% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word whose meaning is the opposite of another |
| 39% | MAR | 3 | Month whose name means a parade, for short |
| 38% | VIVA | 4 | Paper towel brand whose name is a Spanish word |
| 38% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "talk a lot" |
| 38% | TSETSES | 7 | Pests whose name means "fly" in a Bantu language |
| 38% | XEROX | 5 | Company whose name is now in dictionaries as a verb meaning "photocopy" |
| 38% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "nag" |
| 38% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 38% | CREST | 5 | Toothpaste brand whose name is a word for a mountaintop |
| 38% | PLATTE | 6 | River whose name sounds like a word for a map |
| 38% | AXE | 3 | Tool whose name can also mean "fire from a job" |
| 37% | AXE | 3 | Tool whose name is also slang meaning "fire from a job" |
| 37% | RACEME | 6 | Flower cluster whose name can also be read as a challenge |
| 37% | ACE | 3 | Card whose name can also mean a person uninterested in romance |
| 37% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is also a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 37% | INU | 3 | Word in a dog-breed name that means "dog" |