| 100% | BOYMEETS | 8 | __ World, former family sitcom of TGIF |
| 43% | ANCESTRY | 8 | Former generations of a family line |
| 43% | KMARTS | 6 | Former members of the OfficeMax family |
| 42% | ITT | 3 | Member of an "ooky" sitcom family |
| 42% | BRADYS | 6 | Blended sitcom family of classic TV |
| 42% | LAVERNE | 7 | Half of a former sitcom duo |
| 41% | DREWCAREY | 9 | Star of a former self-titled sitcom |
| 40% | MCPHEE | 6 | John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" |
| 40% | NEEM | 4 | Large Old World tree of the mahogany family |
| 40% | POLARBEAR | 9 | Knut, world famous former resident of Berlin Zoo |
| 39% | GEOL | 4 | Subj. of John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World" |
| 38% | MAD | 3 | "___ Men," sitcom set in the competitive world of 1960s advertising |
| 38% | KYOTO | 5 | Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital |
| 38% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 37% | KARACHI | 7 | Former world capital called "City of Lights" |
| 37% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Family name of former emperors of France Napoleon I, Napoleon II and Napoleon III |
| 37% | NEWTGINGRICH | 12 | Former Speaker of the House who was raised in a military family: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 37% | SNOW | 4 | Peter —, former presenter of BBC TV series Newsnight and Tomorrow's World |
| 36% | MEETS | 5 | "Boy ___ World" (former Ben Savage sitcom) |
| 36% | FULLERHOUSE | 11 | Netflix reboot of a 1990s sitcom about a San Francisco family: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HALLS | 5 | "Undeck the ___," Christmas episode from the first season of the sitcom "Modern Family" |
| 35% | OXTONGUE | 8 | Old World plant of the daisy family with clusters of yellow dandelion-like flowers |
| 35% | AGERATINA | 9 | Genus of New World perennials of the daisy family such as the Privet-leaved — |
| 35% | ONEDAYATATIME | 13 | Netflix reboot of a 1970s sitcom about a single mom's family: 5 wds. |
| 35% | COUCAL | 6 | Old World bird of the cuckoo family such as the short-toed — or greater — |
| 35% | DAD | 3 | Family sitcom role |
| 35% | LEASTGREBE | 10 | Aquatic New World bird; smallest member of the Podicipedidae family |
| 34% | LOWTHER | 7 | — Castle, former family seat of the Earl of Londsdale south of Penrith, Cumbria |
| 34% | BOY | 3 | "___ Meets World" (former ABC sitcom starring Ben Savage) |