| 100% | TRICOLORE | 9 | The name for the three-banded Italian flag |
| 60% | MAGENDAVID | 10 | Name for the star on Israel's flag |
| 59% | MAGI | 4 | Another name for the Three Wise Men |
| 58% | BRANZINO | 8 | Italian name for the European bass |
| 56% | NAPOLI | 6 | Native name for the third-largest Italian city |
| 56% | NUMBAT | 6 | Another name for the banded anteater |
| 56% | APENNINE | 8 | Another name for the Italian peninsula |
| 56% | ROMA | 4 | Another name for the Italian plum tomato |
| 55% | STRIPES | 7 | Another name for the US flag, Stars and __ |
| 54% | SOSPIRI | 7 | Ponte dei __; Italian name for the Bridge of Sighs |
| 54% | SIXCORNERS | 10 | Chicago district named for the intersection of three streets |
| 54% | NNE | 3 | The Star Spangled Ba___r is one name for the American flag |
| 52% | CIABATTA | 8 | Foodstuff named after the Italian for "slipper" |
| 52% | FAVA | 4 | A kind of broad bean named for the Italian word for "bean" |
| 51% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band named for a continent |
| 51% | ESP | 3 | First three letters of the Spanish name for Spain |
| 50% | PAPA | 4 | Another word for "father", also the name of alt-rock band ___ Roach |
| 50% | AVA | 3 | The most popular three-letter name for American baby girls in 2018 |
| 50% | TURTLES | 7 | The ___, band named after sea creatures, known for "Happy Together" |
| 50% | OTTO | 4 | Name that's also the Italian for "eight" |
| 50% | NAPOLI | 6 | Italian name for a port city often credited as the home of pizza |
| 50% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band that's named for a continent |
| 50% | EAGLES | 6 | The ___, band named after birds of prey, known for "Hotel California" |
| 50% | CARBONARA | 9 | Dish that derives its name from the Italian for "charcoal burner" |
| 49% | DOG | 3 | Three ___ Night, band named after a pooch, known for "Shambala" |
| 48% | ALT | 3 | ___-J (indie-rock band whose name is a keyboard shortcut for the symbol ∆) |
| 48% | APEROL | 6 | Italian liqueur whose name comes from the French slang for "aperitif" |
| 48% | PECORINO | 8 | Cheese whose name comes from the Italian for "sheep" |
| 47% | OHIO | 4 | One of the three rivers that Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium is named for |
| 47% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Cage The ___, band named after the largest existing land animal, known for "Cigarette Daydreams" |