| 100% | GATOS | 5 | Los ___, a town in California which translates into "Cats" in Spanish |
| 49% | SLIGO | 5 | Irish town name which translates into "abounding in shells" |
| 38% | LODI | 4 | California town in a CCR song |
| 36% | EDAM | 4 | Town in Netherlands which has a cheese variety named after it (anagram of "made") |
| 36% | LAGUNA | 6 | ___ Beach, resort city in California which is also a reality TV show |
| 36% | GATOS | 5 | Los ___, incorporated California town in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 36% | PALO | 4 | Part of a California city name meaning "stick" in Spanish |
| 34% | ALLEY | 5 | "___ Cat," instrumental song by Bent Fabric which won a Grammy in 1963 |
| 34% | PAWNEE | 6 | Parks and Recreation Department of ___, workplace where a town's public officials get into hijinks in the sitcom "Parks and Recreation" |
| 33% | ESTE | 4 | Direction in which the sun rises, to a Spanish |
| 33% | DISCGOLF | 8 | Sport in which frisbees are thrown into a basket |
| 33% | ELRIO | 5 | California town near Los Angeles whose name is Spanish for "the river" |
| 33% | DOWN | 4 | System of a ___, Armenian-American heavy metal band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Hypnotize" |
| 32% | STRANRAER | 9 | Market town in Wigtownshire, Scotland, which had a ferry service to Northern Ireland until 2011 |
| 32% | ANA | 3 | A Santa in California |
| 32% | ARETE | 5 | Arista de los Murcielagos, in the Spanish Pyrenees, is a popular one with climbers |
| 32% | ELITE | 5 | Spanish thriller teen drama series on Netflix which is set in a fictional school |
| 32% | GATOS | 5 | Cats, in Spanish |
| 32% | GATO | 4 | Cat, in Spanish |
| 32% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle in which the hair is shaped into a wide frizzy bush |
| 31% | AGORAHILLS | 10 | 2023 Doja Cat hit whose title is a tribute to a town she lived in: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SONOMA | 6 | Town in California’s wine country |
| 31% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 31% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 31% | DRMARIO | 7 | Video game in which a Nintendo character tosses capsules into a medicinal bottle |
| 31% | VIRGINRIVER | 11 | Romance series by Robyn Carr set in a California mountain town (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GRACEVALLEY | 11 | Romance trilogy by Robyn Carr set in a California mountain town (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BASKETBALL | 10 | A sport in which two teams attempt to score the most points by throwing a round object into a hoop |
| 31% | 13GOINGON30 | 11 | 2004 rom-com in which a middle schooler is transformed into an adult overnight |
| 31% | UNA | 3 | A, in Spanish |