| 100% | GAD | 3 | West Virginia community that disappeared under the waters of Summersville Lake when a river was dammed in the sixties |
| 32% | ILMEN | 5 | Lake —, body of water in NW Russia that drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga |
| 32% | ILMEN | 5 | Lake —, body of water in northwest Russia that drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that was a battleground in the War of 1812 |
| 30% | ARAL | 4 | ___ Sea (body of water that used to be roughly the size of West Virginia) |
| 30% | LADOGA | 6 | Lake —, body of water in Russia that drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland |
| 30% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 30% | THUN | 4 | Lake —, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River |
| 29% | ILMEN | 5 | Lake —, body of water in northwest Russia that drains into Lake Ladoga through the Volkhov River |
| 29% | MEAD | 4 | Lake ___, largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam |
| 28% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 28% | LINKINGVERB | 11 | Word such as "be" ... or a punny description of the seven-letter word that can create new action words when its letters are inserted in the breaks of the circled action words |
| 28% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 28% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 28% | OXBOWLAKE | 9 | Water body formed when a river segment is cut off from the main flow |
| 27% | LOVEKNOT | 8 | *Romantic symbol that may be tied in the shape of a heart |
| 27% | DOGGETT | 7 | Thomas —, Irish actor; founder of a sculling prize in 1715 that is still competed for on the River Thames on August 1 |
| 27% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 27% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 27% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 27% | MERLOT | 6 | Red wine that was featured in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" |
| 27% | DAM | 3 | It can control the flow of water in a river |
| 27% | DAM | 3 | Something that stops the flow of water in a stream |
| 27% | MICROWAVE | 9 | ___ oven, widely-used kitchen appliance that was accidentally discovered when a chocolate bar melted in the inventor's pocket |
| 27% | ITASCA | 6 | Lake that is a source of the Mississippi |
| 27% | THEUGLYTRUTH | 12 | 2010 book that was #5 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THETHIRDWHEEL | 13 | 2012 book that was #7 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 27% | THELASTSTRAW | 12 | 2009 book that was #3 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 film starring Sacha Baron Cohen that is shot in the style of a mockumentary |
| 27% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, team sport played in the water that is a popular summer activity |