| 100% | ARBOREAL | 8 | Relating to trees, like the animals living in them |
| 49% | ECOLOGIC | 8 | Relating to the relationships of living things in an enviornment |
| 46% | SWAY | 4 | Move to and fro, like trees in the breeze |
| 44% | TAPIRS | 6 | Large animals that look a little pig-like, are related to rhinos and live in the Amazon |
| 41% | OLES | 4 | Some animals live in h___ in the ground |
| 41% | CELESTIAL | 9 | Relating to the sky, in astronomy |
| 41% | TAME | 4 | Not dangerous, like the animals in a petting zoo |
| 41% | SPIRITUAL | 9 | Relating to a belief in the divine |
| 41% | ULNAR | 5 | Relating to a bone in the forearm |
| 41% | RABBITS | 7 | The animals that live in Watership Down |
| 40% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 40% | VETERINARY | 10 | Relating to the doctor for a domestic animal |
| 40% | STERIC | 6 | Relating to the arrangement of atoms in space |
| 40% | PHONOLOGY | 9 | Related to the arrangement of sounds in language |
| 40% | APOGEAL | 7 | Related to the farthest point in an orbit |
| 40% | HEPATIC | 7 | Relating to or concerning the liver |
| 40% | PULMONARY | 9 | Relating to the lungs, like an embolism or artery |
| 40% | AQUATIC | 7 | Like the five animals in this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | ACINAR | 6 | Relating to the berries in a blackberry, e.g. |
| 40% | MENTAL | 6 | Related to anything in the mind or the brain |
| 40% | RETINAL | 7 | Related to nerves in the back of the eye |
| 40% | GENETIC | 7 | Anything related to heredity in living organisms |
| 40% | GLOTTAL | 7 | Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist |
| 39% | WILD | 4 | Like animals in the Serengeti |
| 39% | WILD | 4 | Like animals in the jungle |
| 39% | WILD | 4 | Like animals in the forest |
| 39% | ELK | 3 | Animal related to the reindeer |
| 39% | ELK | 3 | Animal related to the moose |
| 39% | ELK | 3 | Animal related to the caribou |
| 39% | ALDER | 5 | Tree related to the birch |