| 100% | HULAHULA | 8 | Winding Alaskan river with a Hawaiian name |
| 48% | EBOLA | 5 | African river with a notorious name |
| 48% | RHINE | 5 | European river with a name that rhymes with "shine" |
| 46% | ONO | 3 | Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name |
| 42% | SITKA | 5 | Spruce that shares a name with an Alaskan city |
| 41% | GILA | 4 | River with a namesake "monster" |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River with a mythical ferryman |
| 41% | BLUENILE | 8 | River with a "White" counterpart |
| 41% | EBRO | 4 | Hot 97 radio personality who shares a name with an Iberian river |
| 40% | SAARLAND | 8 | German state named for a river, with "the" |
| 40% | LANAI | 5 | Veranda that shares its name with a Hawaiian island |
| 40% | TWEED | 5 | Fabric with the same name as a Scottish river |
| 39% | STYX | 4 | River with a "dreadful shore," in Shakespeare |
| 39% | NEVA | 4 | River with a view of the Hermitage |
| 39% | NILE | 4 | River with a Great Bend in Sudan |
| 39% | LEI | 3 | Adornment with a Hawaiian welcome |
| 39% | LEI | 3 | Neckwear paired with a Hawaiian shirt |
| 39% | LEI | 3 | Garland paired with a Hawaiian shirt |
| 39% | GILA | 4 | Arizona river with a namesake “monster” |
| 39% | AVON | 4 | River in England with a name that translates to "river" in Celtic language |
| 38% | TITLED | 6 | With a noble name |
| 38% | KATHERINE | 9 | River with a great view of Nitmiluk National Park |
| 38% | MAHI | 4 | Word repeated in a Hawaiian fish name |
| 38% | ORINOCO | 7 | South American river with a crocodile namesake |
| 38% | REDDIWIP | 8 | Grocery product with a multiply misspelled name |
| 38% | SELMA | 5 | Southern city with a woman's name |
| 38% | JELLO | 5 | Dessert with a hyphen in its name |
| 38% | BRANDED | 7 | Marked with a known company's name |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a slash in its name |
| 38% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit with a cedilla in its name |