| 100% | SHAMU | 5 | Orca caught in 1965 whose name was used for years for several different whales |
| 39% | NAMU | 4 | Name used for several different SeaWorld orcas |
| 35% | EAU | 3 | ___ Claire (city in Wisconsin whose name is French for "clear water") |
| 35% | APOLLO | 6 | Greek god whose name was used for a former NASA space program |
| 34% | DILL | 4 | Eurasian plant whose leaves are used for flavouring in pickles |
| 34% | DILL | 4 | Aromatic Eurasian plant whose leaves are used for flavouring in pickles |
| 33% | SPAM | 4 | Food product whose name is used nowadays mostly in a nonfood way |
| 33% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 33% | METEOR | 6 | Ford ___, automobile first sold in 1949 whose name is an alias for "shooting star" |
| 32% | KOI | 3 | Ornamental fish whose name is a homophone for “love” in Japanese |
| 32% | ANDRETTI | 8 | Only person to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades |
| 32% | ELF | 3 | Cosmetics brand whose name is an acronym for the places it’s used |
| 31% | TREBEK | 6 | Alex whose job was in "Jeopardy!" for many years |
| 31% | GAMP | 4 | Sarah, nurse in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit whose name is now slang for an umbrella |
| 31% | TREBEK | 6 | Alex whose job was in "Jeopardy!" for many years |
| 30% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe company whose name is an acronym for a Latin expression about health in mind and body |
| 29% | COOPERKUPP | 10 | 2021 NFL Offensive Player of the Year who caught two touchdown passes in the 2022 Super Bowl for 21-Across and was named Super Bowl MVP (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 29% | SHAD | 4 | Fish whose eggs are used for caviar |
| 29% | CEDARS | 6 | Trees whose wood is used for chests |
| 29% | ASPENS | 6 | Trees whose wood is used for matchsticks |
| 29% | OAKS | 4 | Trees whose wood is used for flooring |
| 29% | TREE | 4 | One whose rings are used for dating |
| 29% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose milk is used for Roquefort |
| 29% | RAGA | 4 | Music whose name is Sanskrit for "color" |
| 29% | PENNE | 5 | Food whose name is Italian for "feathers" |
| 29% | PUCE | 4 | Color whose name is French for "flea" |
| 29% | PHLOX | 5 | Flower whose name is Greek for "flame" |
| 29% | PLANO | 5 | City whose name is Spanish for "flat" |
| 29% | FIBULA | 6 | Bone whose name is Latin for "pin" |