| 100% | ALLBLACKS | 9 | New Zealand's rugby team of a single color |
| 56% | ALLBLACKS | 9 | Nickname of New Zealand's rugby team |
| 43% | HAKA | 4 | Maori war dance performed by New Zealand's national rugby teams |
| 43% | DAN | 3 | ___ Carter, former New Zealand rugby player who was a three-time International Rugby Board Player of the Year |
| 42% | MONO | 4 | Prefix with "chromatic" to indicate the use of a single color |
| 41% | LAYER | 5 | Single colored part of a rainbow cake |
| 40% | KIWI | 4 | New Zealand bird about the size of a chicken |
| 40% | GIANT | 5 | Member of a New York football team |
| 39% | MAKUTUED | 8 | A type of New Zealand spell that's been cast |
| 39% | RETRADES | 8 | Gets rid of a new team acquisition, say |
| 39% | YANKEEBOTHER | 12 | *Annoying member of a New York baseball team? |
| 39% | ZEALAND | 7 | All Blacks rugby team from New __ performs a haka |
| 38% | MONO | 4 | Prefix with chrome to mean "of a single color" |
| 38% | METS | 4 | "Meet the ___" (fight song of a New York baseball team) |
| 36% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 36% | SALESREPS | 9 | Members of a business team who seek new customers, for short: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RICKYREED | 9 | Grammy-nominated producer who's launching a solo career with his new single "Joan of Arc": 2 wds. |
| 35% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called a morepork |
| 35% | HOMEGAMES | 9 | Half of a team's schedule |
| 35% | HOMEGAMES | 9 | Half of a team’s schedule |
| 35% | SCHEDULE | 8 | List of a team's games |
| 35% | KAWAKAWA | 8 | Shrub of New Zealand also called a pepper tree |
| 35% | TAUPO | 5 | New Zealand's largest lake, in a volcano caldera |
| 35% | TUI | 3 | New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throat |
| 35% | IMOGENE | 7 | Half of a 1950's comedy team |
| 35% | LACEY | 5 | Half of a 1980's TV team |
| 35% | HOMEGAMES | 9 | About half of a team's schedule |
| 35% | WINS | 4 | First part of a team's record |
| 35% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year's classic |
| 35% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year's song |