| 100% | SIOUAN | 6 | North American language family that includes Dakotan and Chiwere-Winnebago branches |
| 45% | URALIC | 6 | Language family that includes Finnish and Hungarian |
| 45% | BANTU | 5 | Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu |
| 45% | SIOUAN | 6 | Language family that includes Crow and Lakota |
| 45% | NUMIC | 5 | Language family that includes Ute, Shoshone and Comanche |
| 43% | BANTU | 5 | African language family that includes Swahili and Zulu |
| 41% | ROMANCE | 7 | Family that includes the languages spoken in 13- and 15-Across |
| 38% | URALIC | 6 | Language family that includes Finnish |
| 38% | IRANIAN | 7 | Language family that includes Kurdish |
| 38% | BANTU | 5 | Language family that includes Swahili |
| 38% | SIOUAN | 6 | Language family that includes Lakota |
| 38% | SIOUAN | 6 | American Indian language family including Crow and Osage |
| 35% | SINO | 4 | ___-Tibetan (language family that includes Cantonese and Burmese) |
| 35% | SIMPSONS | 8 | Family that includes Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa |
| 35% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Family that includes the potato, eggplant and tobacco |
| 34% | BANTU | 5 | Language group that includes Swahili and Zulu |
| 34% | INUIT | 5 | Language group that includes Inupiaq and Inuktitut |
| 34% | SEMITIC | 7 | Language family including Arabic and Hebrew |
| 34% | URALIC | 6 | Language family including Finnish and Hungarian |
| 34% | ARUM | 4 | Family that includes the jack-in-the-pulpit and skunk cabbage |
| 33% | CARP | 4 | Fish family that includes goldfish and koi |
| 33% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Plant family that includes tomatoes and eggplant |
| 33% | MAYAN | 5 | Language group that includes K'iche' and Tzeltal |
| 32% | MATH | 4 | Branch that includes Calc. and Trig. |
| 32% | BRIDGECLUB | 10 | Group that includes North, South, East and West |
| 32% | UNSER | 5 | Surname of the auto racing family that includes Al, Al Junior, and Bobby |
| 31% | UGRIC | 5 | Language branch that includes Hungarian |
| 31% | NADENE | 6 | Group of North American languages spoken in parts of Alaska, Canada and the southern US |
| 31% | CISCO | 5 | North American fish of the salmon family such as the longjaw — and shortnose — |
| 31% | CODA | 4 | Best Picture winner that includes much dialogue in American Sign Language |