| 100% | LUBYANKA | 8 | Popular name for the headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow |
| 38% | HERON | 5 | — Tower, popular name for the tallest building in the City of London financial district |
| 34% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 34% | THEGREATWAGON | 13 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 34% | THESEVENOXEN | 12 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 33% | NOAH | 4 | Most popular name for boys born in the US in 2015 |
| 33% | ERNIE | 5 | Popular name for the machine that randomly selects winning Premium Bonds numbers in Britain |
| 33% | SMITHERS | 8 | The name of the butler who works for the Lodge family in "Archie" comics |
| 33% | ROSCOSMOS | 9 | Common name for the Russian Federal Space Agency |
| 32% | EMMA | 4 | Second-most popular name for baby girls in the US in 2023, after Olivia |
| 32% | ASPEN | 5 | Colorado ski city named for the abundance of a certain tree in the area |
| 32% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 32% | KNAVES | 6 | Alternative name for the jacks in a deck of cards |
| 32% | CUEBALL | 7 | Another name for the white in a game of snooker |
| 32% | DEUTSCHMARK | 11 | English name for the standard monetary unit of Germany replaced by the Euro in 2002 |
| 31% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 31% | GRANTA | 6 | Local name for the longer of two main tributaries of the River Cam in eastern England |
| 31% | PEACH | 5 | Color named for the interior flesh of the fruit used in cobbler |
| 31% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular name for boys in the U.S. in 2017 and 2018 |
| 31% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 31% | STOP | 4 | "___! In the Name of Love" (hit song for the Supremes) |
| 31% | EMERY | 5 | Name for the series of nuclear tests conducted in 1970-71, sandwiched between Mandrel (1969-70) and Grommet (1971-72) |
| 31% | ADT | 3 | Big name in residential security services (anagram of "tad") |
| 30% | FISA | 4 | 1978 law that regulates federal spying for the sake of national security, for short |
| 30% | NESS | 4 | Crime fighter for whom the atrium of the A.T.F. headquarters is named |
| 30% | ROMANTELESCOPE | 14 | NASA project set to launch in 2027, named for the former chief of astronomy |
| 30% | AVA | 3 | The most popular three-letter name for American baby girls in 2018 |
| 30% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the very first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1929 |
| 30% | BOP | 3 | Federal DOJ agency currently in the hands of Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, for short |
| 30% | ELMER | 5 | ___ the Bull (bovine in the logo for a popular brand of glue) |