| 100% | NDUJA | 5 | Spicy spreadable sausage from the town of Spilinga, Calabria, Italy |
| 46% | NDUJA | 5 | Spicy, spreadable sausage from Italy |
| 36% | ROMAN | 5 | From the capital of Italy |
| 34% | BURRATA | 7 | Cheese from the Puglia region of Italy |
| 34% | ETNA | 4 | Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina |
| 34% | MICAH | 5 | Prophet of Judaism from the town of Moresheth |
| 34% | VALPOLICELLA | 12 | Red wine from the Veneto region of Italy |
| 34% | BURRATA | 7 | Cheese from the south of Italy |
| 33% | SOAVE | 5 | Dry white wine from the Veneto region of Italy |
| 33% | ITALIAN | 7 | Nationality of nduja, spreadable spicy sausage |
| 32% | SICILIAN | 8 | Person from the island at the toe of Italy's boot |
| 31% | SPA | 3 | Word derived from the name of a Belgian town |
| 31% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town at the tip of Italy's "heel" |
| 31% | STRAITOFMESSINA | 15 | It separates Sicily from the rest of Italy |
| 30% | SAVOY | 5 | Noble family that formed the royal house of Italy from 1861-1946 |
| 29% | SCHIO | 5 | Town in Vicenza, Italy east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry |
| 29% | SCHIO | 5 | Town in Vicenza, Italy, east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry |
| 29% | SCHIO | 5 | Town in Vicenza, Italy, east of Lake Garda, associated with the wool industry |
| 29% | RAVENNA | 7 | City in NE Italy; capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402-476 |
| 29% | VICHY | 5 | Spa town in Allier, France; seat of the collaborationist government from 1940-44 |
| 29% | RAVENNA | 7 | City in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402-476 |
| 29% | TOE | 3 | Calabria's position in the boot of Italy |
| 29% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town on the SE tip of Italy that's the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel |
| 28% | DINO | 4 | Pet in the town of Bedrock |
| 28% | MORO | 4 | Aldo —, prime minister of Italy from 1974-76 murdered by the Red Brigades in 1978 |
| 28% | SINCE | 5 | From the time of |
| 28% | PER | 3 | From the mouth of |
| 28% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese from a Netherlands town of the same name |
| 28% | ETNA | 4 | The town of Linguaglossa sits on its northern slope |
| 28% | EDE | 3 | Town of the eastern Netherlands |