| 100% | ARIA | 4 | Song that's often in a foreign language |
| 53% | TEA | 3 | Beverage that's often in a kettle or pot |
| 52% | ARIA | 4 | Type of song that's often in Italian or German |
| 52% | IDA | 3 | Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner that follows a novice nun in Poland |
| 51% | FAUXAMIS | 8 | Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French "décevoir" ("disappoint") and the English "deceive" |
| 50% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 #1 hit in a foreign language |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Number that's often in the title of a movie sequel |
| 49% | ORAL | 4 | Spoken exam, as in a foreign language class |
| 49% | ALE | 3 | Drink that's often served in a stein |
| 49% | WATER | 5 | Drink that's often free in a restaurant |
| 48% | STEW | 4 | Dish that's often cooked in a Crock-Pot |
| 48% | SALAD | 5 | Food that's often tossed in a large bowl |
| 48% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 47% | GARYINDIANA | 11 | City that's a song title in "The Music Man" |
| 47% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta that's a word in the song "Yankee Doodle" |
| 46% | WIFI | 4 | Web access that's often offered for free in a coffeehouse: Hyph. |
| 45% | LALA | 4 | Sounds that often follow "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARIA | 5 | She's a problem that needs to be solved, in song |
| 45% | IPANEMA | 7 | Beach in Rio that a famous song's girl came from |
| 44% | IAMAROCK | 8 | Song that starts "A winter's day in a deep and dark December" |
| 44% | LIST | 4 | Something that's checked twice, in a Christmas song |
| 44% | ALAS | 4 | "That's a shame," in Shakespearean language |
| 44% | FEM | 3 | Label in a foreign-language dict. |
| 44% | GIN | 3 | It's often in a sling |
| 44% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 43% | WEASEL | 6 | One that goes "pop" in a children's song |
| 43% | ITSNOTUNUSUAL | 13 | Tom Jones song that would be a poor choice for use in a Christie's auction house ad? |
| 43% | ARUBA | 5 | Caribbean island that's also mentioned in a Beach Boys song |
| 43% | SWAN | 4 | Bird that's "a-swimming" in a Christmas song |
| 43% | EARWORM | 7 | A song that gets stuck in your head |