| 100% | ELM | 3 | New Haven, a.k.a. ___ City |
| 100% | ELM | 3 | New Haven, a k a ___ City |
| 59% | YALERELAY | 9 | New Haven event with a baton |
| 57% | ELMS | 4 | New Haven, City of ___ |
| 55% | ELM | 3 | ___ City (sobriquet for New Haven) |
| 54% | ANSONIA | 7 | Connecticut city near New Haven |
| 54% | ELM | 3 | ___ City (nickname for New Haven, Conn.) |
| 53% | ELM | 3 | The ___ City (nickname for New Haven) |
| 53% | ELM | 3 | The ___ City (sobriquet for New Haven) |
| 52% | UTICA | 5 | A New York city |
| 51% | ELM | 3 | ___ City (nickname New Haven earned because of its trees) |
| 51% | TOWNIE | 6 | Potentially offensive term for a New Haven native |
| 51% | UTICABAYOU | 10 | Swamp near a city in upstate New York? |
| 51% | RYE | 3 | New York city with a marina |
| 50% | ELM | 3 | The ___ City (tree-based nickname for New Haven, Connecticut) |
| 50% | SYRACUSE | 8 | Sicily city that names a city in New York |
| 50% | GETOUTOFYALEFREE | 16 | Leave a New Haven university with no exit fee? |
| 50% | ENID | 4 | "OK K.O.!" character (or a city in OK) |
| 50% | LOSALAMOS | 9 | New Mexico city, a nuclear weapons area |
| 50% | ROSWELL | 7 | New Mexico city with a UFO museum |
| 49% | EASTORANGE | 10 | Alienate a New Jersey city? |
| 49% | MOVE | 4 | Relocate to a new city |
| 49% | BOISE | 5 | City that rings in the New Year by dropping a huge potato |
| 49% | OLEAN | 5 | City of western New York, or a fat substitute brand |
| 49% | UTICA | 5 | New York city with a name from antiquity |
| 49% | SARATOGASPRINGS | 15 | New York city with a historic race course |
| 49% | TRAIN | 5 | A, B, or C, in New York City |
| 48% | RELOCATE | 8 | Move to a new city, say |
| 48% | RELO | 4 | Transfer to a new city, informally |
| 48% | MOVES | 5 | Relocates to a new city, say |