| 100% | SATCH | 5 | Sanders of the Celtics, familiarly |
| 65% | REBA | 4 | Portrayer of the first female Colonel Sanders, familiarly |
| 57% | AINGE | 5 | Danny of the Celtics |
| 57% | MARCUS | 6 | Smart of the Celtics |
| 57% | TATUM | 5 | Jayson of the Celtics |
| 56% | ERSE | 4 | One of the Celtic languages |
| 56% | GAELIC | 6 | One of the Celtic languages |
| 55% | BOSTON | 6 | Home of the Celtics basketball team |
| 53% | BIGD | 4 | Home of the Cowboys, familiarly |
| 53% | STPETE | 6 | Home of the Rays, familiarly |
| 53% | CLEO | 4 | Queen of the Nile, familiarly |
| 52% | BOUDICCA | 8 | The Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe |
| 52% | EVAN | 4 | Turner of the Boston Celtics |
| 52% | AINGE | 5 | Danny of the 1980s Celtics |
| 52% | ENES | 4 | Freedom of the Boston Celtics |
| 51% | RAY | 3 | Allen who was part of the Celtics "New Big Three" |
| 51% | SHILLELAGH | 10 | Part of the Boston Celtics logo |
| 51% | TDGARDEN | 8 | Home of the Bruins and Celtics |
| 51% | NOLA | 4 | Home of The Times-Picayune, familiarly |
| 51% | BAMA | 4 | Home of the Crimson Tide, familiarly |
| 51% | TEDDY | 5 | One of the Kennedy brothers, familiarly |
| 51% | ASU | 3 | Home of the Sun Devils, familiarly |
| 51% | LESMIZ | 6 | Master of the House musical, familiarly |
| 50% | TDGARDEN | 8 | Home arena of the Bruins and Celtics |
| 50% | BOCA | 4 | Locale of the Evert Tennis Academy, familiarly |
| 50% | SVU | 3 | Part of the "Law & Order" franchise, familiarly |
| 50% | STJOE | 5 | Missouri endpoint of the Pony Express, familiarly |
| 50% | BOOMER | 6 | Member of the generation before X, familiarly |
| 50% | OLY | 3 | Classic beer of the Pacific Northwest, familiarly |
| 50% | CHE | 3 | Subject of the photo “Guerrillero Heroico,” familiarly |