| 100% | INVASION | 8 | Act of occupying another place, country, etc |
| 46% | HOMELAND | 8 | Another name for mother country, place of origin |
| 41% | TENANCY | 7 | Act of occupying an apartment, for example |
| 39% | ENTRY | 5 | Act of going in a place |
| 37% | IMPACT | 6 | The act of one item hitting another |
| 36% | EXCHANGE | 8 | The act of giving one thing and receiving another |
| 35% | EMIGRATION | 10 | Act of leaving one's country permanently |
| 35% | MAILORDERBRIDE | 14 | Other half of another country? |
| 35% | SUBSTITUTE | 10 | Use in place of another |
| 35% | AMERICA | 7 | Another name for "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" |
| 34% | STEAD | 5 | Place or role that should be occupied by another |
| 34% | PROXY | 5 | Authority to act on behalf of another |
| 34% | BIODATA | 7 | Place of birth, education, work history, etc. |
| 34% | FRONTIER | 8 | Part of a country bordering on another |
| 33% | EGYPT | 5 | Country where most of the film "The Mummy" takes place |
| 33% | HEARTLAND | 9 | Central part of a country, place of significance |
| 33% | ABROAD | 6 | Overseas, in another country; anagram of bad oar |
| 33% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of another country's capital |
| 33% | DEFECTION | 9 | Desertion of one's country in favor of another |
| 33% | COLONY | 6 | A country or area under the control of another |
| 33% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city where parts of "Sister Act" take place |
| 33% | TRANSIT | 7 | The carrying of goods from one place to another |
| 33% | CRIMERATE | 9 | Number of illegal acts that occur in a place |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Country where much of "Argo" takes place |
| 32% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place |
| 30% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,1’5) |
| 30% | ELSEWHERE | 9 | Another place |
| 29% | ZAIRE | 5 | 1974 name of the country where boxing's Rumble in the Jungle took place |
| 29% | ATONING | 7 | Act of contrition |
| 29% | JUDASKISS | 9 | Act of betrayal |