| 100% | OWOW | 4 | The One World One Water Center at Metropolitan State University of Denver |
| 37% | TEMPE | 5 | Home of one of the country's largest state universities |
| 36% | MISSOURI | 8 | State at one end of the Pony Express |
| 36% | UTAH | 4 | One of the states that meet at Four Corners |
| 35% | UTAH | 4 | State that's one of the four corners at Four Corners |
| 35% | FLINT | 5 | Michigan city at the center of water safety conversations |
| 35% | FINALS | 6 | Exams at the end of one's university life |
| 35% | AWARD | 5 | One of the things Billie Eilish recently picked up at Staples Center |
| 34% | AZOV | 4 | Sea of ___, body of water at one end of the Kerch Strait |
| 34% | MAUSOLEUM | 9 | ___ at Halicarnassus, tomb built in Ancient Greece that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| 33% | COUNTRY | 7 | "Take Me Home, ___ Roads," song by John Denver which is one of the state anthems of West Virginia |
| 33% | EARL | 4 | ___ Boykins, former Denver Nuggets player who is one of the shortest players in NBA history at 5ft. 5in |
| 33% | OHIO | 4 | State nicknamed "The Buckeye State" which is home to one of the world's largest cuckoo clock |
| 33% | SEED | 4 | The Coco de mer is the world's largest one of these at up to 55 lb |
| 33% | PARAMUS | 7 | Home of Garden State Plaza, one of the largest shopping centers in the U.S. |
| 31% | BOWIE | 5 | ___ State University (home of the Bulldogs) |
| 31% | ZEUS | 4 | Statue of ___ at Olympia, Ancient Greek sculpture of the king of gods that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| 31% | MASSACHUSETTS | 13 | ___ Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, one of the world's most prestigious universities recognized by its initials "MIT" |
| 31% | XXXXXXXXX | 9 | One of the University of California's locations |
| 31% | ASGARD | 6 | One of the nine worlds of Norse mythology |
| 31% | DONS | 4 | Educators at the University of Oxford |
| 31% | INTOWN | 6 | At the metropolitan center |
| 31% | AMID | 4 | At the center of |
| 31% | MID | 3 | At the center of |
| 31% | IND | 3 | Fraternity founded at Binghamton U., one of whose stated goals is to "promote understanding of the diverse South Asian cultures." |
| 30% | NETS | 4 | One of the teams that calls Barclays Center home |
| 30% | HYDROGEN | 8 | One of the elements found in water, not oxygen |
| 30% | SPEECH | 6 | The State of the Union, for one |
| 30% | AMID | 4 | At the center of, say |
| 30% | 7♦SEAS | 6 | Waters of the world, figuratively |