| 100% | MSPACMAN | 8 | '80s bestseller that became an Android app in 2013 |
| 42% | PLANETS | 7 | Nonet that became an octet in 2006 |
| 40% | TNN | 3 | Channel that became Heartland in 2013 |
| 37% | EVOLUTION | 9 | Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an "R" in front |
| 35% | UBERS | 5 | Rides in a car that was called via an app |
| 35% | AFTA | 4 | Shaving brand that becomes a well-known treaty if you put an "N" in front |
| 34% | AIR | 3 | Song that becomes the musical it's in if you add an "H" to the front |
| 34% | PAM | 3 | Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet |
| 34% | AEROS | 5 | Houston hockey squad that became the Iowa Wild in 2013 |
| 33% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body that becomes what it does if you put an H in front of it |
| 33% | SCR | 3 | File extension of an app that kicks in after the PC's been inactive |
| 33% | LANDOWNER | 9 | What a freed slave was to become in an 1865 order that was eventually overturned |
| 33% | MASTERED | 8 | Became an expert in |
| 33% | MASTER | 6 | Become an expert in |
| 32% | FETISH | 6 | Object or idea that becomes an obsession |
| 31% | EARL | 4 | Name that becomes an adjective when "-y" is added |
| 31% | TAKESBYSTORM | 12 | Becomes an overnight sensation in |
| 31% | ASP | 3 | Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W |
| 30% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that became kosher in 1997 |
| 30% | DAKOTA | 6 | Territory that became states in 1889 |
| 30% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Science fiction novel by Ernest Cline that released in 2011 and became a NYT Bestseller again in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 30% | FINEART | 7 | Discipline that becomes an insect if you switch two letters around |
| 30% | LOIN | 4 | Body part that becomes an animal when its vowels are swapped |
| 30% | ADELA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes an Australian city upon adding -ide |
| 30% | EXPOS | 5 | Team that became the Nationals in 2005 |
| 30% | TNN | 3 | Channel that became Spike TV in 2003 |
| 30% | TNN | 3 | Network that became Spike TV in 2003 |
| 30% | SWAZILAND | 9 | African country that became Eswatini in 2018 |
| 30% | ZOOM | 4 | Company that became a verb in 2020 |
| 30% | OBIE | 4 | Award that becomes an instrument by changing an I to an O |