| 100% | HIJAB | 5 | Something Kimia Alizadeh wore in Taekwondo at the Rio Olympics |
| 38% | RISE | 4 | 2016 Katy Perry hit prominently featured at the Rio Olympics |
| 38% | ZIKA | 4 | Viral concern at the Rio Olympics |
| 37% | ZIKA | 4 | Virus of concern at the Rio Olympics |
| 37% | USA | 3 | Team with 121 medals at the Rio Olympics |
| 36% | USA | 3 | Winner of 46 gold medals at the Rio Olympics |
| 36% | ESTELLE | 7 | Boxer Mossely who won gold at the Rio Olympics |
| 36% | USA | 3 | Team that won 121 medals at the Rio Olympics (Abbr.) |
| 35% | BILES | 5 | Gymnast Simone who won four gold medals at the Rio Olympics |
| 33% | WOOL | 4 | Something not much worn in the summer |
| 33% | APRON | 5 | Something a chef wears in the kitchen |
| 33% | EPEE | 4 | Something waved in the Olympics |
| 33% | TABLETENNIS | 11 | It was introduced at the Olympics in 1988 |
| 32% | CAP | 3 | Something tossed in the air at graduation |
| 31% | ITO | 3 | Midori ___, silver medalist at the 1992 Winter Olympics in figure skating |
| 31% | RYANLOCHTE | 10 | American swimmer who lost Speedo USA as a sponsor after he lied about being robbed at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make at night and break in the morning |
| 30% | FOURGOLDS | 9 | Jesse Owens' medal haul at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin: 2 wds. |
| 30% | USA | 3 | Gold medal winner in baseball at the 2000 Olympics |
| 30% | NIP | 3 | "___ it in the bud" (halt something at an early stage) |
| 30% | JACKSOCK | 8 | American tennis player who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics |
| 29% | TRIATHLON | 9 | Event. won by Canada's Simon Whitfield, that debuted at the Olympics in summer of 2000 |
| 29% | RIFLE | 5 | Firearm aimed at 17a in in the Olympics or recreational target sports |
| 29% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | US swimmer who came out of retirement in 2014 to swim at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TEMER | 5 | Michel ___, former President of Brazil who opened the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio |
| 28% | CLARESSA | 8 | ___ Shields, American professional boxer who won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight category |
| 28% | ELEANOR | 7 | Rigby who "waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" |
| 28% | PRINCESSANNE | 12 | British royal who competed in Equestrian at the 1976 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 28% | EPEE | 4 | Only event in which Venezuela medaled at the 2012 Olympics |
| 28% | RAY | 3 | ___ Mercer, retired American professional boxer who won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight category |