| 100% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 81% | PENNE | 5 | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| 67% | DESSERT | 7 | Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" |
| 61% | SESTINA | 7 | Poem with six lines whose name derives from the Italian for "sixth" |
| 60% | TORTELLINI | 10 | Pasta whose name derives from the Italian for "little cakes" |
| 56% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 55% | TSAR | 4 | Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar" |
| 55% | TSAR | 4 | Ruler with a title derived from the name Caesar |
| 55% | PSEUDONYM | 9 | Derived from the Greek for "bearing a false name" |
| 53% | AUDI | 4 | German automaker with a name from the Latin for "listen" |
| 52% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 51% | ANORAK | 6 | Jacket with a name derived from Inuit |
| 50% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 50% | UKE | 3 | Hawaiian stringed instrument, with a name originating from the Hawaiian language, for short |
| 50% | ALGEBRA | 7 | High-school subject with a name derived from Arabic |
| 50% | PHOEBE | 6 | Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek |
| 49% | AGNES | 5 | Name derived from the Greek for "holy" |
| 49% | ANGELINA | 8 | Name derived from the Greek for "messenger" |
| 49% | IRENE | 5 | Name derived from the Greek for "peace" |
| 49% | CARBONARA | 9 | Dish that derives its name from the Italian for "charcoal burner" |
| 49% | THORA | 5 | Name derived from the name of a Norse god |
| 48% | NOEL | 4 | Name derived from the Latin for "to be born" |
| 48% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce whose name derives from "pound" in Italian |
| 47% | WARP | 4 | Operation ___ Speed (COVID-19 vaccine-delivery program with a name derived from “Star Trek”) |
| 47% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital whose name derives from the Ojibwa word for "traders" |
| 47% | PEZ | 3 | Brand name derived from the German for "peppermint" |
| 47% | BOERS | 5 | Group name derived from the Dutch for "farmer" |
| 47% | AMIR | 4 | First name derived from the Arabic for "prince" |
| 47% | TAHHOE | 6 | Its name derives from the Washoe for "lake" |
| 46% | ALOE | 4 | Plant name derived from the Arabic word for "shining bitter substance" |