| 100% | PHOENIXSUNS | 11 | NBA team named for its area's sparse rainfall |
| 54% | MINNESOTATWINS | 14 | MLB team named for its urban area |
| 45% | DETROITPISTONS | 14 | NBA team named for a local industry |
| 44% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | NFL team named for its nearby airports |
| 44% | TORONTOMAPLELEAFS | 17 | NHL team named for its national symbol |
| 37% | HEAT | 4 | High temperature, that's also the name for Miami's NBA team |
| 36% | MONTREALEXPOS | 13 | Bygone team named for the 1967 World’s Fair |
| 36% | DADA | 4 | Baby's name for its father |
| 35% | STAX | 4 | Lay's brand named for its pileability |
| 35% | ASHCAKE | 7 | Bread named for how it's baked |
| 34% | PENTANE | 7 | It's named for its five carbon atoms |
| 34% | ASHCAKE | 7 | Cornbread variety named for where it's baked |
| 34% | BUSTIER | 7 | Garment aptly named for where it's worn |
| 34% | KONA | 4 | Coffee named for the district it's grown in |
| 33% | TBONE | 5 | Steak named for its shape |
| 33% | NENE | 4 | Bird named for its call |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet named for its members |
| 33% | UGLI | 4 | Citrus named for its appearance |
| 33% | PEWIT | 5 | Plover named for its call |
| 33% | TEAROSE | 7 | Flower named for its smell |
| 33% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its appearance |
| 33% | UZI | 3 | Shooter named for its inventor |
| 33% | UZI | 3 | Gun named for its inventor |
| 33% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard named for its sound |
| 33% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its unsightliness |
| 33% | DELTOID | 7 | Muscle named for its shape |
| 33% | ECUADOR | 7 | Country named for its latitude |
| 33% | PRAIRIEDOG | 10 | Herbivore named for its habitat |
| 33% | TNUT | 4 | Fastener named for its shape |
| 33% | NILLA | 5 | Wafer named for its flavor |