| 100% | MIR | 3 | Plunger into the Pacific Ocean in 2001 |
| 56% | MIR | 3 | Space station that landed in the Pacific Ocean in 2001 |
| 47% | PEGASUSBAY | 10 | Inlet of the Pacific Ocean in South Island, New Zealand, formerly called Cook's Mistake |
| 46% | ISLE | 4 | Speck in the Pacific Ocean |
| 44% | NAURU | 5 | Small island in the Pacific Ocean |
| 44% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Duo inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 |
| 44% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Large arm of the Pacific Ocean between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula in Antarctica |
| 43% | NAURU | 5 | Island in the Pacific Ocean; smallest republic in the world |
| 43% | TONKA | 5 | Truck brand inducted in 2001 into the National Toy Hall of Fame |
| 43% | NAURU | 5 | Island in the Pacific Ocean; the world's smallest republic |
| 43% | KIRIBATI | 8 | Island nation in the Pacific Ocean; capital Tarawa |
| 43% | CYCLONE | 7 | Severe storm in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean |
| 42% | GUAM | 4 | US island territory in the Pacific Ocean |
| 42% | TONKATRUCKS | 11 | Small construction vehicles inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2001 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MIR | 3 | It landed in the Pacific Ocean on 3/23/01 |
| 42% | SAMOA | 5 | Independent state in the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Apia |
| 42% | GUAM | 4 | U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean |
| 41% | KIRBYPUCKETT | 12 | Minnesota Twins outfielder who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NINO | 4 | El ___ (climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean) |
| 40% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Pacific Ocean atoll taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 40% | RYUKYU | 6 | — Islands, chain in the Pacific Ocean that includes Okinawa |
| 40% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Love Me Tender" singer who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TONGA | 5 | The Pacific Ocean's only island kingdom |
| 39% | VAST | 4 | Expansive, as the Pacific Ocean |
| 39% | XXXXX | 5 | Country on the Pacific Ocean |
| 39% | NEWCALEDONIA | 12 | Overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean; capital Noumea |
| 39% | MIDWAY | 6 | US-owned coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean |
| 39% | BALBOA | 6 | Sighter of the Pacific Ocean, 1513 |
| 39% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Man who named the Pacific Ocean |