| 100% | ILLYRIA | 7 | Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea that includes parts of present-day Montenegro, Albania and Croatia |
| 84% | ILLYRIA | 7 | Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro |
| 40% | RHAETIA | 7 | Alpine province of ancient Rome that included parts of present-day Tyrol and E Switzerland |
| 35% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Finland and Canada |
| 35% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Greenland and Norway |
| 34% | ASSYRIA | 7 | Ancient land that included parts of modern Iraq and Turkey |
| 34% | OOHED | 5 | Part of the expression that includes '... and aahed' |
| 33% | SCYTHIA | 7 | Ancient region centred on the northern shores of the Black Sea |
| 32% | PHOENICIA | 9 | Ancient country on the eastern Mediterranean composed of city states including Tyre and Sidon |
| 32% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient region on the Aegean Sea |
| 31% | LYDIA | 5 | Ancient region on the coast of W Asia Minor |
| 31% | LYDIA | 5 | Ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor |
| 31% | LYDIA | 5 | Ancient region on the coast of west Asia Minor |
| 30% | BARI | 4 | Italian port on the Adriatic sea (anagram of "rabi") |
| 30% | IOWA | 4 | State that includes part of the Omaha metro area |
| 30% | CELEBES | 7 | — Sea, that part of the Pacific Ocean between Sulawesi, Borneo and Mindanao |
| 30% | KASHMIR | 7 | Region on the border of India and Pakistan |
| 29% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient Greek region on the Aegean Sea |
| 29% | EDOM | 4 | Ancient region south of the Dead Sea |
| 29% | TIMOR | 5 | — Sea, that part of the Indian Ocean west of the Arafura Sea and north of Australia |
| 29% | DCAREA | 6 | Region including parts of MD and VA |
| 28% | KNEE | 4 | Part of the body that includes the patella |
| 28% | PESCARA | 7 | City in Abruzzo, Italy, on the Adriatic Sea having a ferry link with Split, Croatia |
| 28% | NUBIAN | 6 | — Desert, that part of the Sahara between the Nile and the Red Sea |
| 28% | TORSO | 5 | Part of the body that includes the rib cage |
| 28% | PECLASS | 7 | Part of school that includes push-ups and situps |
| 28% | CHIN | 4 | Part of the body that rests on a violin |
| 28% | RETINA | 6 | Part of the eye that has rods and cones |
| 28% | THROAT | 6 | Part of the neck that helps swallow and speak |
| 28% | RETINA | 6 | Part of the eye that perceives light and color |