| 100% | EPONYMS | 7 | Words derived from names |
| 85% | SPA | 3 | Word derived from the name of a Belgian town |
| 73% | ARAL | 4 | Name derived from a Kyrgyz word meaning "sea of islands" |
| 71% | ADAM | 4 | Name that derives from the Hebrew word for "earth" |
| 69% | CRAYOLA | 7 | Brand name derived from words meaning "chalk" and "oily" |
| 68% | SADIST | 6 | Word derived from a marquis |
| 67% | ALOE | 4 | Plant name derived from the Arabic word for "shining bitter substance" |
| 66% | ORANGUTAN | 9 | Word derived from Malay for "jungle man" |
| 66% | KARAOKE | 7 | Word derived from Japanese for "empty orchestra" |
| 66% | OGRE | 4 | Word derived from the underworld god Orcus |
| 66% | AEON | 4 | Word derived from the Greek for "age" |
| 66% | SCHMOOZE | 8 | Word derived from the Yiddish for "talk" |
| 66% | KISMET | 6 | Word derived from the Arabic for "lot" |
| 66% | TSETSE | 6 | English word derived from Tswana |
| 65% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital whose name derives from the Ojibwa word for "traders" |
| 65% | ABBOT | 5 | Word derived from the Aramaic for "my father" |
| 65% | EMOJI | 5 | Word derived from the Japanese for "picture writing" |
| 65% | PHARAOH | 7 | Word derived from the Egyptian for "great house" |
| 65% | SHAMPOO | 7 | Word derived from the Hindi for “to massage” |
| 65% | SKOSH | 5 | Word derived from the Japanese for "a bit" |
| 65% | AIOLI | 5 | Its name is derived from Provençal words for "garlic" and "oil" |
| 64% | INCH | 4 | Word derived from the Latin "uncia," meaning "one-twelfth" |
| 64% | INCH | 4 | Word derived from the Latin “uncia,” meaning “one-twelfth” |
| 63% | TIARA | 5 | Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings" |
| 63% | MAYHEM | 6 | Chaos, disorder, a word derived from "to maim" |
| 62% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 62% | NEON | 4 | Noble gas whose name derives from the Greek word for “new” |
| 61% | ORE | 3 | Word derived from the Old English words for "unworked metal" and "copper" |
| 60% | TSAR | 4 | Title derived from the name "Caesar" |
| 60% | PARONYM | 7 | Word derived from another that has a related meaning, like "wisdom" from "wise" |