| 100% | WADDLE | 6 | The swaying gait of ducks |
| 50% | EUGENE | 6 | Home of the Oregon Ducks |
| 48% | INTHRALL | 8 | Under the sway of an overwhelming influence |
| 48% | OREGON | 6 | The Ducks of college sports |
| 48% | TROTS | 5 | Gaits out of the gate |
| 47% | ANAHEIM | 7 | Home of the ducks |
| 46% | MASCOT | 6 | The Duck, for the University of Oregon |
| 46% | WEBBED | 6 | Describes the feet of ducks |
| 46% | LEA | 3 | "Howard the Duck" Thompson of |
| 46% | LEA | 3 | Thompson of "Howard the Duck" |
| 45% | OREGON | 6 | The Ducks of the N.C.A.A. |
| 45% | PACE | 4 | Part of NASA gets the gait |
| 45% | ESTEVEZ | 7 | Emilio of the "Mighty Ducks" films |
| 45% | OREGON | 6 | Home of the NCAA's Ducks |
| 45% | LAKINGS | 7 | NHL rival of the Anaheim Ducks |
| 44% | ORE | 3 | Home st. of the NCAA's Ducks |
| 44% | TROTS | 5 | Unlikely gaits out of the starting gate |
| 44% | PINTAIL | 7 | Duck named for the long-feathered part of its anatomy |
| 44% | ANAHEIM | 7 | California home of the Angels and the Ducks |
| 44% | ORE | 3 | Home state of the NCAA's Ducks (Abbr.) |
| 43% | MEL | 3 | Blanc who was the voice of Daffy Duck |
| 43% | MIGRATION | 9 | 2023 animated film about a family of ducks going south for the winter |
| 43% | LONGISLAND | 10 | Home of the Ducks of baseball's Atlantic League |
| 43% | ANA | 3 | Home of the NHL's Ducks, on a scoreboard |
| 43% | LEA | 3 | Thompson of the box-office bomb "Howard the Duck" |
| 43% | AMOS | 4 | CEO Dan ___ of Aflac Inc. (co. with the duck) |
| 42% | MALLARD | 7 | Common duck, the males of which have a green head |
| 41% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 41% | PLATYPUS | 8 | Creature with a duck bill and the body of a mammal |
| 40% | GERTIE | 6 | Name of duck with a 4 ft. tall sculpture on the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in Milwaukee |