| 100% | PALO | 4 | Word for "stick" found in a Bay Area city name |
| 52% | ASPEN | 5 | Colorado ski city named for the abundance of a certain tree in the area |
| 49% | FRAN | 4 | Second word of a rhyming nickname for a Bay Area city |
| 46% | ODESSA | 6 | Texas city named for a city in Ukraine |
| 46% | LIMA | 4 | Ohio city named for a city in Peru |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania named for a Native American tribe |
| 44% | CASABA | 6 | Fruit named for a city in Turkey |
| 44% | DIJON | 5 | Mustard named for a city in France |
| 44% | SAPPORO | 7 | Beer brand founded in, and named for, the largest city in Hokkaido |
| 44% | ENID | 4 | South-central U.S. city named for a woman in English literature |
| 43% | FEZ | 3 | Tasseled hat named for a city in Morocco |
| 43% | BOLOGNA | 7 | Sandwich meat named for a city in Italy |
| 43% | KIEV | 4 | Chicken ___ (dish named for a city in Ukraine) |
| 43% | GENOA | 5 | Type of salami named for a city in Italy |
| 43% | ALTO | 4 | Second word in a California city name |
| 42% | COLOGNE | 7 | Type of light fragrance named for a city in Germany |
| 42% | OMAHA | 5 | People for whom a major city in Nebraska is named |
| 42% | RAS | 3 | Arabic for a "head" ; Common word in Arabic place names |
| 42% | HABANERO | 8 | Pepper named for a city in which it was widely traded |
| 41% | YAKIMA | 6 | Brand of roof racks named for a city in central Washington State |
| 40% | OLATHE | 6 | Fourth largest city in Kansas, US, whose name derives from a Shawnee word meaning beautiful |
| 40% | EXACTMATCH | 10 | Duplicate found in a word processor search |
| 39% | CAEN | 4 | ___ stone (type of limestone named for a city in Normandy and used in building Westminster Abbey) |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | Word for a name-dropper? |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | Word for a name changer |
| 39% | OKLA | 4 | Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name |
| 39% | AEIOU | 5 | Letters found in a so-called "supervocalic" word |
| 39% | PED | 3 | One found in a zebra crossing, for short |
| 39% | PIMIENTO | 8 | Word for a pepper in Spanish |
| 39% | RENO | 4 | City named for a Union general |