| 100% | ELORO | 5 | The gold of the conquistadors |
| 71% | CORONADO | 8 | Spanish conquistador who searched for the Seven Cities of Gold |
| 65% | QUINOA | 6 | Food staple referred to as "the gold of the Incas" |
| 64% | LORD | 4 | Golding's "___ of the Flies" |
| 64% | NOME | 4 | Gold-rush site at the dawn of the twentieth century |
| 63% | SOLIDI | 6 | Gold coins of the Byzantine Empire |
| 63% | OAKLEAF | 7 | Gold insignia of the armed forces |
| 63% | GUINEAS | 7 | Gold coins of the UK, once |
| 62% | LORD | 4 | "___ of the Flies" (William Golding novel) |
| 62% | TOPPROSPECTOR | 13 | MVP of the Gold Rush? |
| 61% | POT | 3 | ___ of gold (what's supposedly at the end of the rainbow) |
| 61% | KLONDIKE | 8 | This region was the center of the 1897 gold rush |
| 61% | JUNEAU | 6 | Gold rush town of the late 1800's |
| 61% | LORD | 4 | "____ of the Flies" (novel by William Golding) |
| 61% | NOME | 4 | Center of the Alaskan gold rush |
| 61% | LORD | 4 | William Golding's "___ of the Flies" |
| 61% | FLIES | 5 | William Golding’s “Lord of the ___” |
| 60% | MYRRH | 5 | Gold, frankincense, and ___ (gifts of the Three Wise Men) |
| 60% | POT | 3 | ___ of gold at the end of the rainbow |
| 60% | CORONADO | 8 | Seeker of the Seven Cities of Gold |
| 60% | IRIDIUM | 7 | Metal in the points of gold pens |
| 59% | MIRO | 4 | Joan —, Spanish painter whose works include 1967's The Gold of Azure |
| 59% | PAAVO | 5 | Gold medalist Nurmi of the 1920, '24 and '28 Olympics |
| 59% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Star of the 1925 film "The Gold Rush" |
| 59% | DAWSON | 6 | ___ City, center of the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush |
| 59% | NINERS | 6 | Forty-__, seekers of gold in the American West |
| 59% | CHINA | 5 | Winner of 38 golds at the 2021 Olympics |
| 58% | POT | 3 | ___ of gold (item at the end of a rainbow, supposedly) |
| 58% | POT | 3 | Container of gold at the end of a rainbow |
| 58% | MAIER | 5 | Two-time gold medal skier of the 1998 Olympics |