| 100% | STILETTO | 8 | Weapon with an Italian name |
| 72% | TORTONI | 7 | Ice cream with an Italian name |
| 69% | STILETTO | 8 | Spiky high heel, or a knife with an Italian name |
| 64% | BOLOGNA | 7 | An Italian city that shares its name with sausage |
| 52% | PINGPONG | 8 | Game with an onomatopoeic name |
| 52% | SAAB | 4 | Car with an acronymic name |
| 52% | GNU | 3 | Animal with an onomatopoeic name |
| 52% | WREN | 4 | Architect with an avian name |
| 52% | DOUBLESOLITAIRE | 15 | Game with an oxymoronic name |
| 52% | SAAB | 4 | Auto with an acronymic name |
| 52% | ICYHOT | 6 | Balm with an oxymoronic name |
| 52% | BLUEMOON | 8 | Beer with an astronomical name |
| 52% | ABBA | 4 | Band with an acronymic name |
| 52% | ANTSONALOG | 10 | Snack with an unappetizing name |
| 52% | SLURPEE | 7 | Drink with an onomatopoeic name |
| 52% | CHICKADEE | 9 | Songbird with an onomatopoeic name |
| 52% | BEARCLAW | 8 | Pastry with an ursine name |
| 52% | UGLI | 4 | Citrus with an unappealing name |
| 52% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet with an acronymic name |
| 52% | FIREWATER | 9 | Beverage with an oxymoronic name |
| 51% | ACDC | 4 | Band with an "electric" name |
| 50% | MARIO | 5 | Super ___ Bros., popular Nintendo game with an Italian plumber |
| 50% | EPEE | 4 | Weapon with two accents in its name |
| 50% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | An Italian pasta often served with meatballs |
| 50% | MILAN | 5 | An Italian city that rhymes with Iran |
| 50% | IRIS | 4 | Flower with an ocular name? |
| 49% | PIUS | 4 | Pope with an appropriate-sounding name |
| 49% | PEEDEE | 6 | River with an alphabetical-sounding name |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | Lake with an unsettling-sounding name |
| 49% | KAFFIR | 6 | Lime with an Arabic first name |