| 100% | NYET | 4 | Vladimir Putin's "no" |
| 79% | RUSSIA | 6 | Vladimir Putin's country |
| 78% | KGB | 3 | Vladimir Putin's onetime org. |
| 77% | NYET | 4 | Putin's no |
| 76% | KGB | 3 | Vladimir Putin's former employer: Abbr. |
| 70% | KREMLIN | 7 | Where Vladimir Putin's office is, with "the" |
| 70% | NYET | 4 | How Vladimir Putin says "no" |
| 70% | NYET | 4 | "No," to Vladimir Putin |
| 64% | NYET | 4 | Putin's "no" |
| 60% | KGB | 3 | Former Vladimir Putin org. |
| 59% | RUSSIANS | 8 | Vladimir Putin and Maria Sharapova, for two |
| 59% | MOSCOW | 6 | City where Vladimir Putin works |
| 59% | USSR | 4 | Where Vladimir Putin was born |
| 59% | RUSSIA | 6 | Country led by Vladimir Putin |
| 57% | KGB | 3 | Background of Vladimir Putin, for short |
| 57% | INRUSSIAN | 9 | How Vladimir Putin speaks: 2 wds. |
| 57% | RUSSIAN | 7 | Like Vladimir Putin or Maria Sharapova |
| 57% | RUSSIA | 6 | Country where Vladimir Putin is president |
| 56% | KGB | 3 | Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short |
| 56% | KGB | 3 | Intelligence agcy. that once employed Vladimir Putin |
| 56% | REELECTION | 10 | What Vladimir Putin achieved in March 2018 |
| 54% | KGB | 3 | Security agency Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 54% | MEGYNKELLY | 10 | Interviewer of Vladimir Putin in 2017 and 2018 |
| 54% | CHESS | 5 | "___ makes man wiser and clear-sighted": Vladimir Putin |
| 53% | KGB | 3 | Soviet spy agency that Vladimir Putin worked for: Abbr. |
| 53% | BECKBENNETT | 11 | "SNL" cast member who plays a shirtless Vladimir Putin |
| 51% | KGB | 3 | Spy agency that once employed Russian president Vladimir Putin: Abbr. |
| 51% | KGB | 3 | Soviet spy agency that Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 51% | KGB | 3 | Old Soviet group that Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 48% | NYET | 4 | Putin's refusal |