| 100% | PEG | 3 | Piece used as a marker in Battleship |
| 51% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a bibliography |
| 50% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a research paper |
| 49% | SUNK | 4 | Destroyed, as a battleship in Battleship |
| 48% | TNT | 3 | Invention originally used as a yellow dye, in brief |
| 48% | PAWNED | 6 | Used as security, in a way |
| 47% | FLAMINGO | 8 | Creature used as a croquet mallet in "Alice in Wonderland" |
| 47% | JUG | 3 | Container used as a musical instrument in many rural bands |
| 47% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 47% | ARSENIC | 7 | Poison once used as a skin lightener in Victorian England |
| 47% | BENTO | 5 | Type of box used as a lunch container in Japan |
| 47% | LAMPBLACK | 9 | Soot used as a pigment in paints, inks |
| 47% | JUG | 3 | Moonshine container used as a musical instrument in a washboard band |
| 47% | ESC | 3 | Keyboard key used as a pause button in many computer games |
| 47% | SHOFAR | 6 | Animal horn used as a musical instrument in Jewish religious ceremonies |
| 46% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Plant starch used as a thickener in sauces |
| 46% | EVIDENCE | 8 | Things used as proof in a legal case |
| 46% | WEASEL | 6 | Animal used as a henchman by Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
| 45% | OREO | 4 | Cookie used as a flavor in a new Barefoot red wine |
| 45% | GELT | 4 | Coins used as currency in a game of dreidel |
| 45% | ZEST | 4 | Citrus peel used as a garnish in cocktails, say |
| 45% | PARANG | 6 | Short straight-edged knife used as a weapon and tool in the Malay archipelago |
| 45% | OAR | 3 | Boating implement that was used as a murder weapon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" |
| 45% | YURT | 4 | Portable round tent commonly used as a dwelling by nomadic groups in Central Asia |
| 45% | DNA | 3 | Genetic material sometimes used as evidence in a trial: Abbr. |
| 45% | SLAT | 4 | Piece of wood used as a bed support |
| 44% | FULLCOURT | 9 | Using all of a gym, as in basketball |
| 44% | NSW | 3 | Now populous Australian state originally used as a penal colony by Britain in 1788 (abbr.) |
| 44% | LOG | 3 | A large piece of wood used in a campfire |
| 44% | PIGEON | 6 | Type of bird used as a messenger in WWII |