| 100% | WASP | 4 | Insect that first appeared in the Jurassic era |
| 50% | THESISSTATEMENT | 15 | Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay |
| 49% | WASP | 4 | Insect that dates to the Jurassic era |
| 46% | WHICH | 5 | Publication of the Consumers' Association that first appeared in October 1957 |
| 45% | YOSEMITESAM | 11 | He first appeared in the cartoon "Hare Trigger" |
| 45% | CHRIST | 6 | Word that first appears in Matthew 1:1 |
| 44% | ICECASTLE | 9 | Temporary structure that first appeared in 1740 in St. Petersburg |
| 44% | APU | 3 | Shopkeeper who first appears in the "Simpsons" episode "The Telltale Head" |
| 43% | BILLY | 5 | Speedy British comic character who first appeared in The Beano in 1964 |
| 43% | ABE | 3 | "Simpsons" character who first appeared in the cartoon "Grampa and the Kids" |
| 43% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners that first appeared in 1964 |
| 43% | ABE | 3 | Animated character who first appeared in the Simpsons short "Grandpa and the Kids" |
| 43% | STREAKYTHE | 10 | & 13D Feline pet of DC Comics character Supergirl that first appeared in 1960 |
| 43% | DAFFY | 5 | Cartoon duck who first appeared in the 1937 short "Porky's Duck Hunt" |
| 43% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Character who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock" |
| 42% | XENA | 4 | Character who first appeared in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" |
| 42% | ELMO | 4 | Red Muppet who first appeared in the "Sesame Street" song "We Are All Monsters" |
| 42% | DANDY | 5 | The —, British comic featuring Korky the Cat that first appeared in 1937 |
| 42% | GEORGESMILEY | 12 | Fictional spy who first appeared in "Call for the Dead" |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect that appears in "B.C." comic strips |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect that produces the eggs served in escamole |
| 42% | KERMITTHEFROG | 13 | Muppet whose balloon first appeared in the 1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 3 wds. |
| 42% | CHAN | 4 | Charlie —, detective creation of Earl Biggers who first appeared in The House Without a Key |
| 41% | PERSONALAD | 10 | Where "Desperately Seeking Susan" appears in the film of that name |
| 41% | ANTS | 4 | Insects that are attracted to sugar in the kitchen |
| 41% | BARTSIMPSON | 11 | Bratty toon whose balloon first appeared in the 1990 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Disney character whose balloon first appeared in the 1934 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OONA | 4 | Actress Chaplin who appeared in the first season of "Game of Thrones" |