| 100% | OLIVIER | 7 | Russian salad named for the Hermitage's chef |
| 47% | ROSCOSMOS | 9 | Common name for the Russian Federal Space Agency |
| 43% | GREASER | 7 | Name for tough kid in S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders |
| 43% | MAGENDAVID | 10 | Name for the star on Israel's flag |
| 42% | APT | 3 | Like the name Stu for a chef |
| 42% | LUBYANKA | 8 | Popular name for the headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow |
| 41% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint for whom the Russian alphabet is named |
| 41% | SUE | 3 | Name for the T. rex at Chicago's Field Museum |
| 41% | ARG | 3 | S. American country whose name comes from the Latin for "silver" |
| 41% | WESTMONROE | 10 | Louisiana city named for the fifth U.S. president |
| 41% | MONTREALEXPOS | 13 | Bygone team named for the 1967 World’s Fair |
| 41% | KONA | 4 | Coffee named for the district it's grown in |
| 41% | HONAN | 5 | Older name for the city of Zhengzhou's province |
| 41% | SALTSEA | 7 | Another name for the ''world's lowest point'' |
| 40% | CALDERCUP | 9 | Trophy named for the N.H.L.'s first president |
| 40% | TAGINE | 6 | Maghrebi stew named for the pot it's cooked in |
| 40% | TANDOORICHICKEN | 15 | Dish named for the oven in which it’s cooked |
| 40% | BEERCANCHICKEN | 14 | Poultry dish named for the vessel it's cooked around |
| 40% | SONICS | 6 | Former name for the N.B.A.'s Thunder, informally |
| 40% | COKE | 4 | Common name for the world's best-selling soda |
| 40% | DOE | 3 | Name for the nameless |
| 40% | SATAN | 5 | Name for the Devil |
| 40% | SOL | 3 | Name for the sun |
| 39% | PIZZAMARGHERITA | 15 | Dish named for the queen consort of Italy's Umberto I |
| 39% | AVON | 4 | Large cosmetics company named for the river in Shakespeare's hometown |
| 39% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 39% | PIVOT | 5 | Alternate name for the position of the team's tallest player |
| 39% | ALBANY | 6 | It's named for the Duke of York |
| 39% | XIBALBA | 7 | Name for the Maya underworld |
| 39% | SNOWCRAB | 8 | Seafood named for the cold oceans in which it's commonly found |