| 100% | PAGANISM | 8 | Term for polytheism first used by early Christians |
| 49% | BLIGHTY | 7 | Term for England used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars |
| 40% | CHURCH | 6 | A building often used by Christians for worship |
| 40% | ALMAMATER | 9 | Term first used for mother goddesses |
| 40% | ABORIGINE | 9 | Term first used for a legendary Italian |
| 39% | PDA | 3 | Term first used for the Apple Newton (1992) |
| 39% | UTOPIA | 6 | Term for an imaginary and perfect society, first coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 39% | GAS | 3 | Laughing ___ (layman's term for the nitrous oxide used by dentists) |
| 38% | SUBALTERN | 9 | Term first used by Antonio Gramsci to mean a subject excluded from hegemonic power structures |
| 37% | XXXXX | 5 | Instrument that's also a musical term for "soft," abbreviated by its first letter |
| 37% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 34% | SPEAR | 5 | Pointy weapon used by early hunters |
| 34% | FLOE | 4 | Word first used by Arctic explorers |
| 34% | POCKETVETO | 10 | Presidential power first used by James Madison |
| 34% | TEPEE | 5 | Portable tent first used by Native Americans |
| 34% | TSAR | 4 | Title first used by Ivan the Great |
| 33% | CZAR | 4 | Title first used by Simeon I of Bulgaria |
| 33% | STEVIA | 6 | Leaf sugar substitute first used by the Guarani |
| 33% | SONAR | 5 | Underwater detection system first used by da Vinci |
| 33% | SWAG | 4 | Slang term for an expert's rough estimate, purportedly first used by US Army General William Westmoreland in the Vietnam War |
| 32% | POLARIS | 7 | Pole star, used for navigation by early explorers |
| 32% | TYCOON | 6 | Title first used for shoguns |
| 32% | ESSO | 4 | Brand name first used by Standard Oil of New Jersey |
| 32% | PARACHUTE | 9 | Used by a skydiver for a safe landing |
| 32% | SYSTOLIC | 8 | Term for the first (higher) blood pressure number |
| 32% | CLERGY | 6 | Umbrella term for all ordained Christians |
| 32% | PG13 | 4 | Rating first used for "Red Dawn" |
| 32% | NETS | 4 | Tools used by SpongeBob for "jellyfishing" |
| 32% | ATPAR | 5 | Term used by brokers |
| 31% | STRAWBOSS | 9 | Term for “assistant foreman” supposedly coined by farm workers |