| 100% | SLC | 3 | State capital named for a body of water (Abbr.) |
| 57% | PIERRE | 6 | State capital named for a French fur trader |
| 52% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |
| 52% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water named for an English explorer |
| 52% | NATURALLAKE | 11 | Body of water in a volcanic crater, for one |
| 50% | SEA | 3 | Body of water whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 50% | FRI | 3 | It's named for a Norse goddess of wisdom: Abbr. |
| 50% | YELLOWSEA | 9 | Body of water so named for the silt-ridden discharges from nearby rivers |
| 49% | RIO | 3 | Kia model whose name references a body of water |
| 49% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy model whose name references a body of water |
| 49% | ICERINK | 7 | A frozen body of water used for skating |
| 48% | NEBR | 4 | State for which a Springsteen album is named: Abbr. |
| 47% | TPKE | 4 | Road often named for a state (Abbr.) |
| 46% | BLAKE | 5 | Name that's a letter + a body of water |
| 46% | FINGERLAKES | 11 | *Region of upstate New York named for its bodies of water |
| 46% | IKEA | 4 | Company whose bathroom sinks are named for Swedish bodies of water |
| 46% | ORIOLE | 6 | State bird of Maryland, for which a baseball team was named |
| 46% | TLAXCALA | 8 | Mexican state named for a pre-Columbian enemy of the Aztecs |
| 46% | LOCHNESS | 8 | Body of water searched in a 1987 project code-named Deepscan |
| 46% | DES | 3 | Start of a Midwestern state capital name |
| 45% | STRAITTALK | 10 | Address about a body of water? |
| 45% | LAKESIDE | 8 | Next to a body of water |
| 44% | AXE | 3 | Brand of body spray named for a chopping tool |
| 44% | CURRENT | 7 | A body of water moving in a specific direction |
| 44% | BIGHTSIZED | 10 | As large as a body of water? |
| 44% | LAKEHOUSE | 9 | Summer home on a body of water |
| 44% | ABABA | 5 | Amharic word for "flower" that's half of a capital's name |
| 44% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 44% | BATONROUGELAGOON | 16 | Pelican State seeks hired thug for shallow body of water |
| 44% | FIJI | 4 | Brand of bottled water named for a South Pacific island |