| 100% | BARROOM | 7 | Where Eli battles the bikers (and wins, naturally!) in Carnegie's town in "The Book of Eli" |
| 38% | PAWNEE | 6 | Parks and Recreation Department of ___, workplace where a town's public officials get into hijinks in the sitcom "Parks and Recreation" |
| 37% | SUSANNA | 7 | __ and the Elders, story in the Book of Daniel |
| 36% | VMAS | 4 | Where Olivia Rodrigo won Best New Artist and Song of the Year in 2021, for short |
| 36% | AUSTERLITZ | 10 | Town in the Czech Republic; site of Napoleon's victory over Russian and Austrian forces in 1805 |
| 35% | MAITAI | 6 | Drink mentioned in the book "Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki" |
| 35% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 34% | WEXFORD | 7 | Irish town and county in the SE of the country |
| 34% | ENOS | 4 | Jacob's son, in the Book of Mormon |
| 34% | ESAU | 4 | Jacob's twin in the Book of Genesis |
| 34% | LIGHT | 5 | "The Mirror and the ___," Hilary Mantel's book which won the Walter Scott Prize in 2021 |
| 34% | PEOPLE | 6 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___," self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time |
| 34% | DAVEEGGERS | 10 | Author whose children's book "The Eyes and the Impossible" won the Newbery Medal in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NAHUM | 5 | "The Book of ___," book between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible |
| 33% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 33% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ Battle," seventh and final novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 33% | TORFAEN | 7 | Principal area in SE Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran |
| 33% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom" (phrase in the title of a book of quotes, maybe) |
| 33% | GAZEBO | 6 | Where Maria and the Captain have their first kiss in "The Sound of Music" |
| 33% | HARWICH | 7 | Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour |
| 33% | DESSAU | 6 | Town in Germany at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde rivers |
| 33% | HALIFAX | 7 | A town in England and the capital of Nova Scotia |
| 33% | SUSAN | 5 | Sister of Peter, Edmund and Lucy, in the Narnia books |
| 32% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are Boris Johnson and Nick Hurd |
| 32% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are David Simmonds and Danny Beales |
| 32% | KELSO | 5 | Market town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Rivers Teviot and Tweed |
| 32% | EPHRAIM | 7 | Second son of Joseph and Asenath according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible |
| 32% | YPRES | 5 | Town in western Belgium; scene of many battles in the First World War |
| 32% | STOCKPORT | 9 | Town in Greater Manchester at the confluence of the Rivers Goyt and Tame |
| 32% | BRIT | 4 | Awards where Queen won the Single of the Year in 1977 |