| 100% | JUAN | 4 | Strait of ___ de Fuca, waterway separating Washington State from Vancouver Island |
| 37% | ALDERNEY | 8 | Island separated from the Cap de la Hague, France, by the Race of — |
| 34% | MESSINA | 7 | Strait of __ separates Sicily from mainland Italy |
| 32% | DUNGENESS | 9 | Crabs named after the Straits of Juan de Fuca |
| 32% | SRILANKA | 8 | Island separated from India by the Palk Strait |
| 32% | ALASKA | 6 | State separated from Asia by the Bering Strait |
| 31% | CHIOS | 5 | Greek island separated from Turkey by a strait of the same name |
| 30% | SAMOS | 5 | Island in the Aegean Sea separated from Turkey by the Mycale Strait |
| 30% | HAWAIIAN | 8 | Hailing from the island state of the US |
| 30% | VANCOUVER | 9 | Island separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound |
| 29% | TONKIN | 6 | Gulf of —, body of water separating Hainan Island from mainland Vietnam |
| 29% | JURA | 4 | Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — |
| 29% | MENAI | 5 | — Strait, channel of the Irish Sea that separates the Welsh mainland from Anglesey |
| 28% | BROWNE | 6 | Des —, former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 |
| 28% | NORIEGA | 7 | Manuel —, military leader; de facto head of state of Panama from 1983-89 |
| 28% | DIOMEDE | 7 | — Islands, two bodies of land in the Bering Strait separated by the International Date Line |
| 27% | BROWNE | 6 | Des —, Labour MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997-2010; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 |
| 27% | BERING | 6 | Waterway separating Alaska and Russia: __ Strait |
| 26% | BONIFACIO | 9 | Strait of __, it separates Corsica and Sardinia |
| 26% | IOWAN | 5 | Resident of Des Moines's state |
| 25% | IDAHO | 5 | State east of Washington |
| 25% | OREGON | 6 | State south of Washington |
| 25% | TASMANIA | 8 | Island state of Australia |
| 25% | SEN | 3 | One of two politicians elected to Washington from each state: Abbr. |
| 25% | BOSPORUS | 8 | Strait separating Europe from Asia |
| 25% | OTRANTO | 7 | Strait separating Italy from Albania |
| 25% | HONSHU | 6 | Island south of Tsugaru Strait |
| 25% | ORE | 3 | State south of Washington (Abbr.) |
| 25% | REDMAPLE | 8 | State tree of Rhode Island |
| 25% | SUMATRA | 7 | Island across the strait from Singapore |