| 100% | NIGER | 5 | River in West Africa that starts in the Guinea Highlands and shares its name with an African country |
| 51% | SENEGAL | 7 | River in West Africa that shares its name with a country it flows through |
| 37% | STYX | 4 | 1970s-1980s band that shares its name with an underworld river |
| 35% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 35% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 35% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 35% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | Biweekly pop culture magazine that has been in publication since 1967 and shares its name with a legendary rock band: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IRIS | 4 | A part of the eye that shares its name with an acclaimed film starring Kate Winslet & Dame Judi Dench |
| 34% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 34% | RAGNAROK | 8 | The equivalent of Judgement Day in Norse Mythology, which shares its name with the newest Marvel film featuring 42d, 56a and 38a |
| 34% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 Alicia Keys song that shares its name with the nickname of Katniss in "The Hunger Games": 3 wds. |
| 33% | INDUS | 5 | River that lends its name to the second most populous country in the world |
| 33% | FOX | 3 | Network that shares its name with an animal |
| 33% | IMPALA | 6 | Classic Chevy that shares its name with an antelope |
| 32% | PONCE | 5 | Puerto Rican city that shares its name with an explorer |
| 32% | MULE | 4 | Slip-on shoe that shares its name with an animal |
| 32% | JAVA | 4 | Programming language that shares its name with an Indonesian island |
| 32% | KIDNEY | 6 | Type of bean that shares its name with an organ |
| 32% | SODA | 4 | Fizzy drink that shares its name with an Azealia Banks song |
| 32% | BOLOGNA | 7 | An Italian city that shares its name with sausage |
| 32% | NEW | 3 | "The Only Living Boy in ___ York" (2017 film that shares its name with a Simon & Garfunkel song) |
| 32% | OHIO | 4 | State that shares its name with a river |
| 31% | BOSCH | 5 | An appliance company that shares its name with Dutch painter Hieronymus ___ |
| 31% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 31% | WYE | 3 | Maryland river that lent its name to the memorandum negotiated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1998 |
| 31% | VAAL | 4 | River in South Africa that joins the Orange River west of Kimberley |
| 31% | BERBER | 6 | Rug that shares its name with a North African tribe |
| 31% | STYX | 4 | Rock band that shares its name with a mythological river |
| 31% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares its name with part of the eye |
| 31% | STYX | 4 | Rock band that shares its name with a mythological underworld river |