| 100% | ICETEA | 6 | Long Island drink that doesn't have any of the stuff after which it's named |
| 34% | PLACEBO | 7 | Band named after a pill that doesn't have any actual medicine |
| 33% | USSTATES | 8 | E is the only vowel that doesn't begin any of their names |
| 32% | GIANTS | 6 | NFL team that doesn't play home games in the state it's named for |
| 31% | CAVA | 4 | One of Scotland's smaller Orkney Islands whose name means "calf" and that has just a lighthouse on it |
| 31% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 31% | ZEBRA | 5 | Animal that has a kind of street crossing named after it |
| 31% | AOL | 3 | ISP that dropped the long form of its name in 2006 |
| 31% | GNU | 3 | Animal that doesn't have a sound coming out of its head? |
| 30% | EDAM | 4 | Town in Netherlands which has a cheese variety named after it (anagram of "made") |
| 30% | ELSA | 4 | Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of "Frozen" and "Frozen II" |
| 30% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 30% | HAWAII | 6 | "Blue ___," hit song that was used in Elvis Presley's titular movie which has the name of Barack Obama's birth state in its title |
| 30% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___, a bird that has the longest migration route of any animal in the world |
| 30% | STOLI | 5 | Vodka brand that shed its longer, Russian name in opposition to the invasion of Ukraine |
| 30% | OTTER | 5 | It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal |
| 30% | WORLD | 5 | "Heal the ___," 1992 charity single by Michael Jackson that also has an organization named after it |
| 29% | NIKE | 4 | Sportswear brand known for its Air Jordan shoes, that is named after the Greek goddess of victory |
| 29% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 29% | MOBILEHOME | 10 | Residence that, despite its name, doesn’t typically move after it’s been delivered |
| 29% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |
| 29% | DAKAR | 5 | Senegal's capital, that has a rally named after it |
| 29% | JAVA | 4 | Programming language that's also the name of an island |
| 28% | ESSO | 4 | Brand named after the pronunciation of its parent company's initials |
| 28% | MINNOW | 6 | Fish that shares its name with the Gilligan's Island boat |
| 28% | ELLIS | 5 | Island over which New York and New Jersey had a long-standing territorial dispute that was settled by the Supreme Court in 1998 |
| 28% | CYCLONE | 7 | Coney Island roller coaster that's also the name of a windstorm |
| 28% | BEE | 3 | ___ hummingbird, colorful small bird endemic to the island of Cuba that shares part of its name with a honey-producing insect |
| 28% | LID | 3 | Part of the eye that a fish doesn't have |
| 28% | PEPSI | 5 | Drink that removed the "-Cola" from its name in 1961 |