| 100% | DEEPSEA | 7 | Lowest layer of the ocean waters: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SEABED | 6 | Bottom of the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 51% | OPENSEA | 7 | Middle of the ocean (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TROPOSPHERE | 11 | Lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere |
| 49% | SIMA | 4 | Lower layer of the earth's crust |
| 47% | MICTLAN | 7 | The lowest layer of the Aztec underworld |
| 47% | PAULSIMON | 9 | One of the singers of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the 1972 campaign song for George McGovern: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARKDOWN | 8 | Lower the price of (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ATSEA | 5 | Sailing the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FRANCISCRICK | 12 | Codiscoverer of the structure of DNA: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JAMESWATSON | 11 | Codiscoverer of the structure of DNA: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANNARBOR | 8 | Home of the University of Michigan: 2 wds. |
| 43% | APIECE | 6 | "Get ___ of the rock" (insurance slogan): 2 wds. |
| 43% | KATYCATS | 8 | Fans of the "California Gurls" singer: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Star of the 2013 movie "Oblivion": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BLUEJAY | 7 | Member of the Toronto baseball team: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DRNO | 4 | First of the James Bond films: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TAKUMASATO | 10 | Winner of the 2017 Indianapolis 500: 2 wds |
| 43% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Star of the "Mission: Impossible" films: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ARTDECO | 7 | Style of the Empire State Building: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | Star of the Bond film "Skyfall": 2 wds. |
| 43% | PETEROTOOLE | 11 | Star of the 2006 film "Venus": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BETELNUT | 8 | Fruit of the areca palm tree: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HENRYFORD | 9 | Developer of the moving assembly line: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | Inventor of the modern sewing machine: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | Singer of the 2011 song "Lights": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DELA | 4 | Creme ___ creme (cream of the crop): 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Star of the 2014 film "Birdman": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALVINAILEY | 10 | Founder of the American Dance Theater: 2 wds. |