| 100% | HIGHLANDS | 9 | Historic region of Scotland northwest of the great fault running from Helensburgh to Stonehaven |
| 36% | TRANSYLVANIA | 12 | Region of central and northwest Romania that belonged to Hungary from the 11th century until 1918 |
| 31% | TAURUS | 6 | Sign of the zodiac runs from April to May |
| 31% | CANCER | 6 | Sign of the zodiac runs from June to July |
| 31% | CAPRICORN | 9 | Sign of the zodiac runs from December to January |
| 31% | PISCES | 6 | Sign of the zodiac runs from February to March |
| 31% | GEMINI | 6 | Sign of the zodiac runs from May to June |
| 31% | HANDOFF | 7 | Transfer of the football from a quarterback to a runner |
| 30% | TRANSYLVANIA | 12 | Region of central and NW Romania that belonged to Hungary from the 11th century until 1918 |
| 29% | IMTOOSEXY | 9 | Runner-up to "Baby Got Back" on VH1's "40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '90s" |
| 29% | MAN | 3 | "He-___ and the Masters of the Universe," animated series that ran from 1983 to 1985 |
| 29% | TUTSI | 5 | Ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region that Rwanda's President Paul Kagame belongs to |
| 29% | RHONEALPES | 10 | Former region of SE France from the edge of the Massif Central in the west to the Switzerland and Italy borders |
| 28% | CLICHE | 6 | Running to the airport to stop the love of your life from leaving forever, e.g. |
| 28% | ROGERMARIS | 10 | Former Yankees slugger who held the American League single-season home run record of 61 home runs from 1961 to 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SHEA | 4 | Home of the New York Mets from 1964 to 2008 |
| 28% | BERCOW | 6 | John —, Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019 |
| 27% | JOHNOHURLEY | 11 | "Family Feud" host from 2006 to 2010, and runner-up on the first season of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 27% | HURON | 5 | First Nations group of the Great Lakes region |
| 27% | ADO | 3 | Letters on the front of the bus taking you from Veracruz to Tampico |
| 27% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who was chief of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935 |
| 27% | GAMUT | 5 | Run the ___ (go from A to Z) |
| 26% | LOWLANDS | 8 | The —, that region of Scotland lying south and east of the Highlands |
| 26% | FLED | 4 | Ran away from the scene of the crime |
| 26% | ELOPE | 5 | Run off to the justice of the peace |
| 26% | ELOPES | 6 | Runs off to a justice of the peace |
| 26% | MIGRATION | 9 | The movement of people from place to another |
| 26% | LIFESPAN | 8 | The length of time from birth to death |
| 26% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Sculley, former president of PepsiCo who was the CEO of Apple from 1983 to 1993 |
| 26% | UNIONCANAL | 10 | Artifical waterway opened in 1822 running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, Scotland |