| 100% | TRIPOLI | 7 | African capital, its name means "three cities" |
| 60% | DAKAR | 5 | African capital whose name means "tamarind tree" |
| 57% | SITAR | 5 | Its name means "three strings" |
| 53% | LIMA | 4 | Capital city with a bean named after it |
| 52% | TOKYO | 5 | City whose name means "eastern capital" |
| 52% | REYKJAVIK | 9 | Capital whose name means "smoky bay," referencing the steam from its hot springs |
| 52% | WINNIPEG | 8 | Capital of Manitoba, its name means muddy water |
| 52% | KYOTO | 5 | Former world capital whose name means "capital city" |
| 51% | SITAR | 5 | Its name means "three strings," but it can have up to 21 |
| 50% | PANAMA | 6 | Country with the same name as its capital, __ City |
| 50% | HANOI | 5 | Capital whose name means "city inside rivers" |
| 49% | SAHARA | 6 | Its name means "desert" |
| 49% | KAMPALA | 7 | African city whose name means hill of the impala |
| 49% | LHASA | 5 | Capital city whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 48% | OHIO | 4 | Its name means "great river" |
| 48% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital |
| 48% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name together with its capital city has only eight letters |
| 47% | SANTIAGO | 8 | Capital city of Chile, name means Saint James |
| 47% | GOBI | 4 | Its name means "waterless place" in Mongolian |
| 46% | CAIRO | 5 | African capital city |
| 46% | CIABATTA | 8 | Italian bread, its name means "slipper" |
| 45% | DARESSALAAM | 11 | East African city whose name means "house of peace" |
| 45% | CORMORANT | 9 | Black seabird; its name means "sea-raven" |
| 44% | NAIROBI | 7 | African capital on its own river |
| 44% | TUNIS | 5 | African capital on its own gulf |
| 44% | ULANBATOR | 9 | Capital whose name means "Red Hero" |
| 44% | HONOLULU | 8 | Capital whose name means "sheltered bay" |
| 44% | WAPITI | 6 | North American elk, its name means pale or white |
| 43% | ACCRA | 5 | African capital whose name translates to "ants" |
| 43% | MONROVIA | 8 | African capital named for an American president |