| 100% | SHUN | 4 | Snub from Irish uncles |
| 41% | SAM | 3 | Uncle from the posters? |
| 41% | SAM | 3 | Uncle from patriotic posters |
| 40% | MIST | 4 | Irish ___ (liqueur made from whiskey) |
| 40% | STEPNIECE | 9 | Girl from uncle? |
| 39% | FREESTATE | 9 | Irish __; ruled Ireland from 1922-37 |
| 39% | SHAYNE | 6 | Irish name variant derived from John |
| 39% | SAM | 3 | Uncle from old American war posters |
| 39% | NIECE | 5 | The girl from uncle? |
| 38% | VAUGHN | 6 | Man from UNCLE star, Robert __ |
| 38% | VAUGHN | 6 | "the man from uncle" star |
| 37% | FREESTATE | 9 | Irish __, status of Ireland from 1922 to 1937 |
| 37% | TARRYPIN | 8 | Uncle Remus' turtle from the Br'er stories |
| 37% | CLAN | 4 | Word from Old Irish for ''offspring'' |
| 37% | BRUTON | 6 | John —, Irish Taoiseach from 1994-97 |
| 36% | MANX | 4 | Cat breed from an Irish Sea isle |
| 34% | KILDAREWASYOU | 13 | Song from the Irish version of The Music Man? |
| 33% | BRERBEAR | 8 | Ursine Uncle Remus character taken from Black oral tradition |
| 33% | CROWN | 5 | Irish ___ Jewels, Irish regalia that went missing from Dublin Castle in 1907 |
| 32% | TAXED | 5 | Took a cut from, for Uncle Sam |
| 31% | MAPUSUA | 7 | Seilala —, Samoa rugby union centre at London Irish from 2006-11 |
| 31% | MAPUSUA | 7 | Seilala —, Samoan rugby union centre at London Irish from 2006-11 |
| 31% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer whose stage name comes from the pronunciation of her first name, Eithne |
| 30% | TOMHOMER | 8 | Bath Rugby full-back and wing signed from London Irish in 2015 |
| 30% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer of the Oscar nominated "May it be", from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 29% | YEATS | 5 | Jack Butler —, Irish artist whose works include 1925 oil Back from the Races |
| 29% | MENAI | 5 | — Strait, channel of the Irish Sea that separates the Welsh mainland from Anglesey |
| 29% | ARA | 3 | Irish river that many stray golf balls from the Tipperary Golf Club might end up in |
| 28% | SLOE | 4 | Wood from the Prunus spinosa that the Irish have traditionally used to make shillelaghs |