| 100% | PECANPIE | 8 | Southern dessert that includes nuts and corn syrup: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | School conference that includes Harvard and Yale: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DEEPSOUTH | 9 | Region that includes Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EASTASIA | 8 | Region that includes China, Korea, and Japan (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THREESTOOGES | 12 | Group that included Moe, Larry, and Curly: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | 1984 album by Prince that included the hits "Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry": 2 wds. |
| 37% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band that included Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TEASET | 6 | Collection that includes cups and saucers (2 wds.) |
| 37% | DROWNEDWORLD | 12 | 2001 Madonna tour that included geisha and country-and-western segments: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CAREBEARS | 9 | 1980s plush toy line that included Funshine and Love-a-Lot: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHESSSETS | 9 | Game shop purchases that include boards, kings, and pawns: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHESSSET | 8 | Collection that includes 32 game pieces and a 64-square game board (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BRATPACK | 8 | Group of 1980s actors that included Rob Lowe and Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Group of schools that includes Harvard and Yale (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ICECREAM | 8 | Dessert that might be served in a cone: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NSYNC | 5 | Band that included Lance Bass: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BAYAREA | 7 | Northern California region that includes Oakland and San Jose (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SWISSALPS | 9 | Mountain range that includes the Matterhorn: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WUSHU | 5 | Discipline that includes Long Fist and Southern Fist styles |
| 33% | BAYAREA | 7 | Northern California region that includes San Francisco: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PALOALTO | 8 | California city that includes portions of Stanford University: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LEMONPIE | 8 | Tangy dessert that's often topped with meringue: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GENX | 4 | Demographic group that includes today's fiftysomethings: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ARTCLASS | 8 | Course that teaches drawing and painting: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PETSTORE | 8 | Shop that sells parakeets and hamsters: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WINESHOP | 8 | Store that sells merlots and cabernets: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DCCOMICS | 8 | Company that owns Batman and Superman: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CONE | 4 | Cold dessert that is made with syrup and shares part of its name with 14a |
| 30% | TOYSTORE | 8 | Shop that sells games and stuffed animals: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PECANPIE | 8 | Thanksgiving dessert made with nuts: 2 wds. |