| 100% | UMAMI | 5 | Meaty, broth-like taste, with Japanese name |
| 57% | UMAMI | 5 | Fifth category of taste with a Japanese name |
| 46% | SERPENTS | 8 | Like snakes but with a scarier name |
| 44% | BOUILLON | 8 | Clear cooking broth with a French name |
| 43% | PEATY | 5 | Like Scotch with a smoky taste |
| 42% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste whose name means "savoriness" in Japanese |
| 42% | NUTTY | 5 | With a taste like cashews or pecans |
| 42% | WASABI | 6 | Japanese root that tastes like strong horseradish |
| 41% | FAKE | 4 | Like a bag with a misspelled brand name |
| 41% | DIET | 4 | Like sodas with "Zero" in their names, typically |
| 41% | FAKE | 4 | Like a designer bag with the company name misspelled |
| 41% | SAILORMOON | 10 | Japanese manga heroine with a feline sidekick named Luna |
| 40% | SUPERCELL | 9 | Severe thunderstorm, with name like a battery |
| 40% | AKITA | 5 | Japanese city that shares its name with a dog breed |
| 40% | HOT | 3 | With 4-Across, pepper whose name sounds like an oxymoron |
| 40% | SEAHOLLY | 8 | Perennial with name like an ocean Christmas plant |
| 40% | BROCA | 5 | French scientist with brain area named like him |
| 39% | LEMONSOLE | 9 | *Fish that doesn't taste like its name suggests |
| 39% | FUJIS | 5 | Apples that share a name with a Japanese mountain |
| 38% | YEW | 3 | Coniferous tree with red berries whose name sounds like "you" |
| 37% | VALUEADDED | 10 | Like a basic T-shirt with a brand name on it, for example |
| 37% | SOAP | 4 | What cilantro tastes like, to people with a certain genetic variant |
| 37% | HIBACHI | 7 | Small charcoal grill with a Japanese name |
| 36% | RAMEN | 5 | Japanese noodle soup with broth, often served with toppings |
| 36% | SHIATSU | 7 | Massage technique with a Japanese name |
| 36% | ATARI | 5 | Game company with a Japanese name |
| 36% | XZIBIT | 6 | Rapper with an MTV show … whose name sounds like a word meaning "show" |
| 36% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 35% | SAN | 3 | Japanese name tag |
| 35% | SIP | 3 | Taste with trepidation |