| 100% | TIBET | 5 | Origin of the Lhasa apso |
| 56% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the word "troll" |
| 56% | HINDI | 5 | Origin of the word "cheetah" |
| 56% | HEBREW | 6 | Origin of the word "behemoth" |
| 56% | WELSH | 5 | Origin of the word "flannel" |
| 56% | CREE | 4 | Origin of the name "Winnipeg" |
| 56% | GREEK | 5 | Origin of the word “alphabet” |
| 56% | SAMOA | 5 | Origin of the sport kilikiti |
| 55% | EGYPT | 5 | Origin of the street food koshary |
| 54% | KOREA | 5 | Origin of the martial art of Taekkyeon |
| 54% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "club" and "gun" |
| 54% | URDU | 4 | Origin of the words "khaki" and "pajama" |
| 54% | FARSI | 5 | Origin of the words "jasmine" and "julep" |
| 54% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "cake" and "egg" |
| 54% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "reindeer" and "husband" |
| 52% | EDEN | 4 | Origin of the Tigris and the Euphrates, in Genesis |
| 52% | AENEID | 6 | Origin of the phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" |
| 51% | OMAHA | 5 | Midwestern origin of the music ensemble Mannheim Steamroller |
| 49% | PLANETS | 7 | Etymological origins of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 49% | DARWIN | 6 | Author of the Origin of Species |
| 49% | ROOT | 4 | The origin of botany? |
| 49% | OVA | 3 | The origin of species? |
| 49% | SOFTC | 5 | The origin of civilization |
| 48% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | Academic study of the origins of words |
| 48% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | Linguistic study of the origins of words |
| 47% | COSMOLOGY | 9 | Study of the origin & development of the universe |
| 47% | COSMOLOGY | 9 | Study of the origin and evolution of the universe |
| 47% | MEXICO | 6 | Day of the Dead festival's country of origin |
| 46% | AVA | 3 | Director of the Isabel Wilkerson biographical drama Origin (2023) |
| 46% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | The study of word origins and meanings |