| 100% | SHAH | 4 | Ruler's title from which the word "chess" is derived |
| 74% | SHAH | 4 | Royal title from which the word “checkmate” is derived |
| 57% | NAMESAKE | 8 | Something from which a title or word is derived |
| 55% | TSAR | 4 | Ruler whose title is derived from the name "Caesar" |
| 53% | THAI | 4 | Language from which the word “bong” derives |
| 52% | EMIR | 4 | Title from which "admiral" is derived |
| 52% | GERMAN | 6 | Language from which the word blitz has been taken |
| 51% | CAESAR | 6 | Name from which the title “tsar” derives |
| 50% | ADOLF | 5 | First name from which the "Adi" in Adidas is derived |
| 49% | EMEER | 5 | Title which, in Arabic, derives from the word for "immortal" (var.) |
| 48% | ARAM | 4 | Biblical region from which the name of a language is derived |
| 48% | CHI | 3 | Greek letter from which the Cyrillic kha is derived |
| 48% | LATELATIN | 9 | Language from which many English words are derived |
| 47% | DESERT | 6 | Sahara is derived from the Arabic word for this |
| 47% | TSAR | 4 | Title derived from the Latin word for "caesar" |
| 46% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 46% | TSAR | 4 | Ruler with a title derived from the name Caesar |
| 45% | ETYMA | 5 | Old words from which modern words are derived |
| 45% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand whose name is derived from the Danish words for "play well" |
| 43% | RUR | 3 | Play from which the word "robot" comes |
| 43% | CZECH | 5 | Language from which the word robot originates |
| 43% | GRACEKELLY | 10 | English singer Mika's song which is titled after "The Country Girl" actress and uses dialogue from the movie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RUR | 3 | 1920 play from which the word "robot" comes |
| 43% | FELLINI | 7 | Film director from whose work the word "paparazzi" is derived |
| 42% | SCATHE | 6 | Word derived from the proto-Germanic for "to injure" which these days, means to verbally blast someone |
| 41% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece whose name is derived from the Persian for "chariot" |
| 41% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 41% | YLEM | 4 | Substance from which the universe was created |
| 41% | YLEM | 4 | Proto-matter from which the universe was made |
| 40% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |