| 100% | TAUPE | 5 | Hosiery color whose name originally referred to French moles |
| 44% | TAUPE | 5 | Color whose name is French for "mole" |
| 41% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 40% | PUCE | 4 | Color whose name is French for "flea" |
| 40% | PUCE | 4 | Color whose name is French for “flea” |
| 39% | PUCE | 4 | Color whose name means "flea" in French |
| 38% | ORANGE | 6 | Color whose name is said to lack a rhyme |
| 37% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose name comes from the French for "unbleached" |
| 37% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose name refers to electric currents |
| 36% | ONAGER | 6 | Asian equine whose name anagrams to a color |
| 36% | HANCOCK | 7 | Founding Father whose name refers to a signature |
| 36% | HIC | 3 | Juice brand whose name refers to a vitamin: Hyph. |
| 35% | PRETAMANGER | 11 | Sandwich chain whose name is French for "ready to eat" |
| 35% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | "Radioactive" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 35% | COUNTINGCROWS | 13 | "Mr. Jones" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LYON | 4 | French city whose name anagrams to only |
| 34% | IRONCITY | 8 | Pennsylvania-based beer brand whose name refers to Pittsburgh’s industrial roots |
| 34% | PELOTON | 7 | Exercise equipment company whose name refers to a pack of bicycle racers |
| 34% | BONSAI | 6 | Japanese art form whose name, translated literally, refers to planting in a container |
| 33% | BRIAND | 6 | French PM whose name is linked to Frank Kellogg |
| 33% | IRONBUTTERFLY | 13 | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" band whose name refers to a winged creature: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose name means "unbleached" |
| 32% | KHAKI | 5 | Color whose name comes from Urdu |
| 31% | PURPLE | 6 | Color whose name has no common rhymes |
| 31% | ORANGE | 6 | Color whose name has no common rhymes |
| 31% | AQUA | 4 | Color whose name means “water” in Latin |
| 31% | AZURE | 5 | Color whose name is derived from "lapis lazuli" |
| 30% | PHO | 3 | Dish whose name comes from the French word for "fire," according to one theory |
| 30% | MACHINEGUNKELLY | 15 | *Rapper whose stage name refers to his rapid-fire delivery |
| 30% | SEPIA | 5 | Color whose name comes from the Greek word for "cuttlefish" |