| 100% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language whose name aptly contains the word "tones" |
| 47% | URDU | 4 | Language whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 45% | LATTE | 5 | Drink whose name omits the word “caffè” |
| 43% | PANGOLIN | 8 | Animal whose name is the Malay word for roller |
| 43% | TSETSE | 6 | Fly whose name is the Tswana word for “fly” |
| 43% | XERES | 5 | City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" |
| 43% | TAMAGOTCHI | 10 | Nineties toy whose name includes the Japanese word for “egg” |
| 43% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city whose name is the Spanish word for "flat" |
| 43% | DUSTINTHEWIND | 13 | Kansas single whose title contains the second word of the name of the "September" band (4 wds.) |
| 42% | XERES | 5 | Spanish city whose name is the source of the word sherry |
| 42% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 42% | OKEECHOBEE | 10 | Lake whose name means “big water” in the Hitchiti-Mikasuki language |
| 42% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 42% | PENTE | 5 | Go-like game whose name is the Greek word for "five" |
| 42% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | The Doors single whose title contains the last word of the name of the "September" band (3 wds.) |
| 42% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain whose name means "the tall one" in the Koyukon Athabascan language |
| 42% | NOME | 4 | City whose name is pronounced like the natives' word for "Where is ...?" |
| 42% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 42% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Lake whose name probably comes from the Iroquoian word for "long tail" |
| 42% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 42% | OPAL | 4 | Gem whose name comes from "upala," the Sanskrit word for "precious stone" |
| 42% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 41% | TSETSE | 6 | Creature whose name comes from the Tswana language |
| 41% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 41% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand whose name is derived from the Danish words for "play well" |
| 41% | PLANETEARTH | 11 | Duran Duran single whose title contains the first word of the name of the "September" band (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STETSON | 7 | Florida university whose teams are aptly named the Hatters |