| 100% | MOBILEBAY | 9 | 1864 battle site that was the source of the quote "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" |
| 41% | YEW | 3 | Tree that was the source of the poison in Christie's A Pocket Full of Rye |
| 40% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 40% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the site of a historic battle |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 39% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 39% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 39% | AISNE | 5 | French river that was the site of three W.W. I battles |
| 36% | ITASCA | 6 | Lake that is a source of the Mississippi |
| 36% | NUTMEG | 6 | Evergreen tree that is the source of mace |
| 35% | MINKS | 5 | Weasel cousins that are the source of expensive fur |
| 35% | MUNG | 4 | Small beans that are the source of bean sprouts |
| 35% | ICHING | 6 | Source of the quote "Change is certain" |
| 35% | OAHU | 4 | Island that was the site of the Pearl Harbor attack |
| 35% | SOY | 3 | Kind of beans that are the source of 4-Down |
| 35% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 35% | DAMN | 4 | "___ the torpedoes, full speed ahead" |
| 35% | RFK | 3 | Stadium that was the site of the 1969 All-Star Game |
| 35% | CROCI | 5 | Flowers that are a source of the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine |
| 34% | LITTLEBIGHORN | 13 | Iconic site in Montana, that preserves the site of the battle that was fought here, commonly referred to as "Custer's Last Stand": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SNL | 3 | Show that was the source of "The Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World": Abbr. |
| 34% | EWES | 4 | Female animals that can be the source of mutton |
| 34% | GLEE | 4 | Fox series that was the source of 80 Billboard Hot 100 songs in 2010 |
| 33% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the focus of an 1836 battle |
| 33% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 33% | LAKE | 4 | ___ Victoria, waterbody in the Tanzanian and Ugandan forests that is a source of the Nile |
| 33% | MALTA | 5 | Nation that is the site of the Tarxien temple complex, built over 5000 years ago |
| 33% | ACTS | 4 | Source of the quote "It is more blessed to give than to receive" |
| 33% | POTSDAM | 7 | City bordering Berlin that was the site of a 1945 conference |
| 33% | ANGORAS | 7 | Wool sources that were the subject of a 2013 PETA exposé |