| 100% | TOMAHAWK | 8 | US missile with the name of an Algonquin chopper |
| 50% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 47% | GOO | 3 | When repeated twice, the name of an American rock band, with "Dolls" |
| 46% | ANI | 3 | What the names of three contiguous U.S. states begin with |
| 45% | RAPA | 4 | Half of the name of an island associated with heads |
| 43% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SOLDAS | 6 | Offered with the name of |
| 42% | CURLY | 5 | Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name |
| 42% | GRANDJURY | 9 | The name of an award given at Sundance |
| 41% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit with the name of its color |
| 41% | IRON | 4 | Metal in the name of an Avengers superhero |
| 40% | ENID | 4 | Oklahoma city that shares its name with an “Idylls of the King” character |
| 40% | DAMSELFLY | 9 | Insect with the name of a young, unmarried woman |
| 40% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 40% | JAVA | 4 | Programming language that's also the name of an island |
| 40% | ERNE | 4 | Bird that's also the name of an Irish river |
| 40% | OCTO | 4 | Prefix in the name of an eight-armed sea animal |
| 40% | SUGARHILL | 9 | Harlem district in the name of an early rap group |
| 40% | GPT | 3 | Letters after “Chat” in the name of an OpenAI product |
| 40% | ADELAIDE | 8 | Aussie city with the name of William IV's consort |
| 40% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |
| 39% | PINK | 4 | Singer who stylizes her name with an exclamation mark in place of the second letter |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the U.S.'s largest cities whose names start with X and Z |
| 39% | AUTO | 4 | Lead-in to straddle, in the name of an online magazine |
| 39% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band with the song "Chiquitita" whose name is an acronym of the first letters of the members' first names |
| 39% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 39% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 39% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |
| 39% | BREA | 4 | Spanish word for "tar" in the name of an L.A. landmark |