| 100% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a Taino-derived name |
| 68% | HORNYTOAD | 9 | Lizard with a misleading name |
| 61% | ANORAK | 6 | Jacket with a name derived from Inuit |
| 60% | ALGEBRA | 7 | High-school subject with a name derived from Arabic |
| 60% | PHOEBE | 6 | Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek |
| 59% | UMA | 3 | Thurman with a species of lizards named for her |
| 59% | PENNE | 5 | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| 59% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 59% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman with a species of lizard named after her |
| 58% | TSAR | 4 | Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar" |
| 58% | TSAR | 4 | Ruler with a title derived from the name Caesar |
| 58% | CANCER | 6 | Illness with name derived from a crustacean |
| 57% | QUINOA | 6 | Grain with a Quechua-derived name |
| 56% | DESSERT | 7 | Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" |
| 55% | WARP | 4 | Operation ___ Speed (COVID-19 vaccine-delivery program with a name derived from “Star Trek”) |
| 54% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a crest |
| 54% | OPALOCKA | 8 | Miami suburb with a Seminole-derived name |
| 53% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a serrated crest |
| 53% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a "third eye" |
| 53% | GILAMONSTER | 11 | Lizard with a poisonous bite |
| 53% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard with a leopard species |
| 53% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a third eye |
| 53% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a "rhinoceros" species |
| 53% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard with a spiny crest |
| 52% | INEZ | 4 | Deadly 1966 hurricane with a Spanish-derived name |
| 52% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 52% | IGUANA | 6 | Tropical lizard with a dewlap |
| 51% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard with a British accent in GEICO commercials |
| 51% | BASILISK | 8 | Legendary lizard with a fatal gaze |
| 51% | SELES | 5 | Tennis star with a palindromic name |