| 100% | CANNIBAL | 8 | Native encountered by Crusoe |
| 69% | CARIB | 5 | Native encountered by Columbus |
| 69% | INCA | 4 | Native encountered by Pizarro |
| 67% | MAORI | 5 | Natives encountered by explorer James Cook |
| 47% | RANACROSS | 9 | Encountered by chance |
| 43% | ARAWAK | 6 | Indian encountered by Columbus |
| 43% | URIAHHEEP | 9 | Clerk encountered by Copperfield |
| 43% | LOTUSEATER | 10 | Daydreamer encountered by Odysseus |
| 43% | HARPY | 5 | Monster encountered by Aeneas |
| 43% | INCAS | 5 | People encountered by Pizarro |
| 43% | APACHE | 6 | Tribe encountered by Coronado |
| 42% | PIES | 4 | Wares encountered by Simple Simon |
| 42% | ASPS | 4 | Snakes encountered by Indiana Jones |
| 42% | PAPA | 4 | A bear encountered by Goldilocks |
| 42% | YAHOO | 5 | Brutish being encountered by Gulliver |
| 42% | MAYA | 4 | People encountered by the conquistadors |
| 42% | EELS | 4 | Shocking things encountered by divers? |
| 41% | OTOE | 4 | Tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 41% | NEZPERCE | 8 | Tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 41% | TINMAN | 6 | Heartless fellow encountered by Dorothy Gale |
| 41% | GOLDILOCKS | 10 | Girl encountered by the Three BEARs |
| 41% | SAP | 3 | Sticky stuff often encountered by lumberjacks |
| 40% | OTO | 3 | Indian tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 40% | OTOES | 5 | First tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 40% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Bread and __, strange insect encountered by Alice |
| 40% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Powerful Greek gods encountered by Percy Jackson |
| 40% | OTOE | 4 | First tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 39% | LOU | 3 | Cindy ___ Who (young girl encountered by the Grinch) |
| 39% | ALIENRACES | 10 | Groups encountered by interplanetary travelers, in sci-fi |
| 39% | GRANDEDANGER | 12 | Hazard encountered by the “Thank U, Next” singer? |