| 100% | PLEBEIAN | 8 | Name for a common citizen in Ancient Rome |
| 52% | EEL | 3 | California river named for a common sight in it |
| 49% | RAS | 3 | Arabic for a "head" ; Common word in Arabic place names |
| 48% | WALKER | 6 | Most common name for a zombie in the Walking Dead |
| 47% | VULGAR | 6 | Another name for a common fraction |
| 45% | NOUN | 4 | Name for a name, in Grammar |
| 45% | WRAITH | 6 | Name for a ghost in Scottish |
| 44% | AKELA | 5 | Common name for a Cub Scout leader originated by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" from a Hindi word meaning "alone" |
| 43% | BOSIE | 5 | Another name for a googly in cricket |
| 43% | OBELISK | 7 | Another name for a dagger in punctuation |
| 43% | SISAL | 5 | Fiber named for a town in Mexico |
| 43% | CASABA | 6 | Fruit named for a city in Turkey |
| 43% | DIJON | 5 | Mustard named for a city in France |
| 43% | SPAS | 4 | Retreats named for a town in Belgium |
| 43% | DUSTY | 5 | Common name for a cowboy |
| 43% | JOCKO | 5 | Common name for a chimp |
| 43% | THIGHBONE | 9 | Common name for a femur |
| 43% | COWSLIP | 7 | Common name for a primula |
| 43% | MAYBUG | 6 | Common name for a cockchafer |
| 43% | PARAMETER | 9 | Name for a value accepted by a function, in programming |
| 43% | CAESAR | 6 | Ruler in ancient Rome, also a classic salad |
| 43% | ODESSA | 6 | Texas city named for a city in Ukraine |
| 43% | AVON | 4 | Massachusetts town named for a river in England |
| 43% | BALI | 4 | Island named for a figure in Hindu myth |
| 43% | AVE | 3 | Prop. often named for a state in Monopoly |
| 43% | FEZ | 3 | Tasseled hat named for a city in Morocco |
| 43% | RHESUS | 6 | Monkey named for a king in Greek myth |
| 43% | OZARK | 5 | Netflix drama named for a region in Missouri |
| 43% | EBOLA | 5 | Viral disease named for a river in Africa |
| 43% | LIMA | 4 | Ohio city named for a city in Peru |