| 100% | AVIANS | 6 | Old British biplanes with an apt name |
| 55% | SOULSISTER | 10 | Rare groove DJ with an apt name |
| 55% | MTSNOW | 6 | VT ski resort with an apt name |
| 53% | BOLT | 4 | Track star with an apt name |
| 51% | LAWES | 5 | Noted criminologist with an apt-sounding name |
| 50% | SNOWE | 5 | Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state |
| 49% | ETNA | 4 | Pittsburgh suburb with an Old World name |
| 48% | HEL | 3 | Norse goddess of death with an apt-sounding name |
| 47% | OWEN | 4 | Apt name for a person with an outstanding bill |
| 47% | BUBBLEANDSQUEAK | 15 | British breakfast dish with an onomatopoeic name |
| 45% | SUNRA | 5 | Old bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name |
| 39% | USAINBOLT | 9 | Olympic sprinter with an apt surname |
| 38% | APPLETINI | 9 | Drink replacing "mar" with an apt fruit |
| 38% | BARR | 4 | Former attorney general with an apt surname |
| 38% | TESLA | 5 | Rock band with an inventor's name |
| 38% | BAHAI | 5 | Religion with an apostrophe in its name |
| 38% | ESTEE | 5 | Perfume with an accent in its name |
| 38% | ETRADE | 6 | Brokerage with an asterisk in its name |
| 38% | POBOY | 5 | Sandwich with an apostrophe in its name |
| 38% | KLM | 3 | Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name |
| 38% | MOBIUSSTRIP | 11 | Band with an umlaut in its name |
| 38% | XXXX | 4 | Island with an okina in its name |
| 38% | GIL | 3 | Apt name for an ichthyologist? |
| 38% | IRIS | 4 | Apt name for an ophthalmologist |
| 38% | ROSIE | 5 | Apt name for an optimist? |
| 38% | ROD | 3 | Apt name for an angler |
| 37% | GRACE | 5 | Apt name for an elegant woman |
| 37% | ARIA | 4 | Apt name for an opera buff |
| 37% | IRIS | 4 | Apt name for an optometrist, perhaps |
| 37% | IRIS | 4 | Apt name for an eye doctor |