| 100% | OWNER | 5 | The one whose name the deed is made on |
| 55% | BET | 3 | One might be made on the nose |
| 54% | NOMINEE | 7 | One whose name is on an award shortlist |
| 52% | ROOFER | 6 | One whose work is on the house? |
| 52% | WRITER | 6 | One whose work is on the books? |
| 50% | ZIRCONIUM | 9 | Element whose name is alphabetically last on the periodic table |
| 49% | SLOTH | 5 | Animal whose name is also one of the seven deadly sins |
| 48% | AMWAY | 5 | Multilevel marketing company whose name is on the Orlando Magic's arena |
| 48% | ESPY | 4 | Award whose name is one letter different from the channel that originated it |
| 48% | ALLAH | 5 | God whose name is seen on the flags of Iran and Saudi Arabia |
| 48% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 47% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI |
| 47% | ERAGON | 6 | Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides |
| 47% | ZSAZSA | 6 | One of the much-married Gabor sisters whose real name was Sari |
| 47% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 47% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 46% | ARCTIC | 6 | ___ Monkeys, "Do I Wanna Know?" band whose name features one of the coldest places on earth |
| 46% | WROCLAW | 7 | City in Poland on the River Oder whose German name is Breslau |
| 46% | PET | 3 | Creature whose name is one letter off from the type of doctor who takes care of it |
| 46% | STAR | 4 | One whose name is in lights |
| 45% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 45% | ERICA | 5 | Character from the TV series "BoJack Horseman" whose name is called out but never makes a single appearance |
| 45% | WISH | 4 | One might be made on a birthday |
| 45% | PITCHFORK | 9 | Music review website, whose name was inspired by the tattoo design on Al Pacino's right arm in "Scarface" |
| 44% | INSIDER | 7 | One who knows how the sausage is made |
| 44% | ELLOCO | 6 | ZZ Top album whose name is Spanish for “The Crazy One” |
| 44% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is said at the "one card left" point |
| 44% | HEARTBREAKERS | 13 | Tom Petty & the ___, band whose performance of "Honey Bee" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 44% | UVEA | 4 | Part of your anatomy that makes your blue eyes blue and whose name is derived from the Latin for "grape" |
| 44% | FAITHHILL | 9 | Country singer whose song "Breathe" was named the #1 single on Billboard's year-end countdown in 2000 (2 wds.) |