| 100% | BOITO | 5 | Librettist for Verdi's "Otello" and "Falstaff" |
| 49% | ARIETTAS | 8 | Verdi’s “Quand’ero paggio” and Mozart’s “Voi che sapete,” for two |
| 48% | ITALIAN | 7 | Field for Verdi and Puccini |
| 43% | ARIAS | 5 | Songs by Mozart and Verdi, for example |
| 42% | GENOA | 5 | Setting for Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" |
| 41% | CAL | 3 | Home to L.A. and S.F., for short |
| 40% | LOWE | 4 | E. S. ___, old game company famous for Yahtzee and Bingo |
| 40% | OXFORD | 6 | Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis |
| 39% | HUGO | 4 | Writer who was a source for Verdi's "Rigoletto" |
| 38% | ARIA | 4 | Verdi's "La donna è mobile," for one |
| 38% | ARIA | 4 | Verdi's "La donna è mobile", for one |
| 38% | OLE | 3 | Her s___ purpose in life was to provide for herself and her family |
| 38% | ARIA | 4 | Verdi's "E il sol dell'anima," for one |
| 37% | NARNIA | 6 | Setting for C. S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" |
| 37% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Otello's wife in the opera by Verdi |
| 36% | OURS | 4 | It's for you and me |
| 36% | HILLS | 5 | Bunker and Breed's, for two |
| 36% | DENIM | 5 | Fabric for Wranglers and Levi's |
| 36% | FOREVER | 7 | Shania Twain's "___ and for always" |
| 35% | CHEVRE | 6 | French for goat and goat's cheese |
| 35% | ING | 3 | Mozart's Sonata ___ for Keyboard and Violin |
| 35% | IDS | 3 | Passports and driver's licenses, for short |
| 35% | ONCE | 4 | "Let's settle this ___ and for all!" |
| 35% | SUM | 3 | It's 3 for 2 and 1 |
| 35% | DRAMAS | 6 | "ER" and "C.S.I.," for two |
| 35% | OREG | 4 | Portland and Salem's state, for short |
| 35% | IDS | 3 | Passport and driver's license, for short |
| 35% | ANG | 3 | Namibia and Zambia's neighbor, for short |
| 35% | ROYALBABY | 9 | Meghan and Harry's Archie, for one |
| 35% | TECH | 4 | Google and Microsoft's domain, for short |