| 100% | BOSSA | 5 | Start of the name of a dance that's Portuguese for "new trend" |
| 53% | WAGONEER | 8 | Jeep vehicle that starts with the name of a kid's vehicle |
| 53% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 50% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 49% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 49% | LAM | 3 | Word for "flee" that's a homophone of the name of a fleeced animal |
| 49% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 48% | SIMOLEON | 8 | Slang for “dollar” that’s also the name of a certain video-game currency |
| 48% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band that's named for a continent |
| 46% | VIA | 3 | ___ Getty (image attribution that was mistaken on Twitter for the name of a person) |
| 46% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 44% | COD | 3 | Arctic fish that inspired the creation of a new antifreeze polymer for blood banks |
| 44% | CABBAGEPATCHKID | 15 | Doll at the center of 1983's Black Friday craze that eventually lent its name to a popular dance |
| 44% | LES | 3 | Start of the name of many a French band |
| 44% | ODETO | 5 | Start of the name of many a commemorative poem |
| 43% | SALE | 4 | FOR ___ (sign in front of a house that's on the market) |
| 43% | CHA | 3 | Half of the name of a Latin American dance |
| 43% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 43% | COPPER | 6 | Term for dark reddish-brown hair that resembles a metal of the same name |
| 42% | BRAVO | 5 | Exclamation that's also the name of a cable channel |
| 42% | LOTUS | 5 | Yoga position that's also the name of a flower |
| 42% | RED | 3 | Color that's the name of a Taylor Swift album |
| 42% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that's the name of a 2014 movie |
| 42% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
| 42% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 42% | DELTA | 5 | Airline that's also the name of a Greek letter |
| 42% | MULLET | 6 | Marine fish that's also the name of a hairstyle |
| 42% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 42% | NOH | 3 | Form of classical dance drama whose name comes from the word for "skill", that's been continuously performed in Japan since the 14th century |
| 42% | SAN | 3 | Word that starts the names of three of California’s four largest cities |