| 100% | TERRA | 5 | Name of the world currency proposed in 2001 by a Bernard A. Lietaer, a Belgian economist |
| 36% | VOLTA | 5 | Name of the Ghanaian lake formed by the largest artificial reservoir in the world |
| 34% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 34% | ESTREATS | 8 | Latino star once named one of "The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world" by People magazine |
| 34% | NIAGARA | 7 | ___ Falls, group of waterfalls in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 34% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 33% | MAUNALOA | 8 | The name of the world's largest volcano, in Hawaii |
| 33% | WASTELAND | 9 | Name of the world in both Fallout and Epic Mickey |
| 33% | INSIDESTUFF | 11 | Familiar name of a long-running NBA series honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ADRAMACRITICIS | 14 | Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters |
| 33% | PORTLAND | 8 | Name of the most populous city in a pair of states |
| 32% | PISO | 4 | Name of the currency used in the Philippines |
| 32% | ARNIE | 5 | Name of the titular anthropomorphic doughnut in a series of kid-lit books |
| 32% | CANDIDA | 7 | Comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894 that revolves around the lives of a clergyman and his wife |
| 32% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 32% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 32% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 32% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 32% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 31% | LASSIE | 6 | Name of the film starring a dog by the same name |
| 31% | ATLAS | 5 | A book in which you find the map of the world |
| 31% | TUMNUS | 6 | A faun in the world of Narnia |
| 31% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SIC | 3 | Name of the first EP by rapper Krizz Kaliko, released in 2011 |
| 31% | EASTERN | 7 | China is a country in the ___ hemisphere of the world |
| 31% | INFECTION | 9 | Invaders were killed by this in War of the Worlds |
| 31% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the 2001 song "Understanding in a Car Crash" |
| 31% | MONA | 4 | First name of the woman in a famously mysterious portrait |
| 31% | HUFFINGTONPOST | 14 | The former name of the highest earning blog in the world that covers American news: 2 wds |
| 31% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |