| 100% | HURON | 5 | Lake into which Michigan's "thumb" juts |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | Lake into which the Cuyahoga empties |
| 48% | ERIE | 4 | Lake into which the Detroit River flows |
| 43% | HURON | 5 | Lake which forms part of Michigan's northern border |
| 40% | HURON | 5 | Great Lake surrounding Michigan's "thumb" |
| 39% | USTEN | 5 | Hwy. cut into two parts by Lake Michigan |
| 39% | LOOM | 4 | Cheong Choon Ng's "Rainbow ___", invented in Michigan in 2010, which weaves colored rubber bands into bracelets |
| 35% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie |
| 34% | RUSHMORE | 8 | Mount into which Lincoln's face is carved |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Lake for which Ohio's Lake County is named |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that's near Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario |
| 33% | OSAGE | 5 | — River, tributary of the Missouri River, US, which flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoir |
| 32% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that's associated with Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario |
| 31% | SEINE | 5 | River into which Joan of Arc's ashes were ordered to be thrown |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that's typically grouped with Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario |
| 31% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 31% | ELBE | 4 | Hamburg's river which flows into the North Sea |
| 31% | DRAINS | 6 | Grates into which rainwater flows |
| 31% | KENOSHA | 7 | Lake Michigan city |
| 31% | RACINE | 6 | Lake Michigan port |
| 31% | GREENBAY | 8 | Lake Michigan arm |
| 30% | TITICACA | 8 | S. American lake |
| 30% | ELBE | 4 | River into which the Vltava flows |
| 30% | WESER | 5 | River into which the Fulda flows |
| 30% | NICOLET | 7 | Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___ |
| 30% | WIS | 3 | Lake Michigan borderer: Abbr. |
| 30% | UTAH | 4 | U.S. state which is home to the Great Salt Lake |
| 29% | ARAL | 4 | Sea into which the Amu Darya flows |
| 29% | OHIO | 4 | River into which the Big Sandy flows |
| 29% | ATLANTIC | 8 | Ocean into which the Amazon River empties |