| 100% | MARNE | 5 | Battle locale that marked a turning point in W.W. I |
| 57% | LUSITANIA | 9 | Its destruction marked a turning point in World War I |
| 43% | META | 4 | Pole that marked the turning point when chariots were raced in the Circus Maximus |
| 41% | YSER | 4 | Belgian river in a W.W. I battle |
| 40% | YSER | 4 | Belgian river that was a W.W. I battle line |
| 40% | MARNE | 5 | Site of a W.W. I battle that saved Paris from capture |
| 39% | VIMYRIDGE | 9 | Battle of —, conflict in April, 1917 that saw a decisive Allied victory in World War I |
| 38% | DDAYS | 5 | Turning points in battle |
| 38% | OKINA | 5 | Symbol resembling an apostrophe that marks a glottal stop, as in "Hawai’i" |
| 37% | SERVICEBREAK | 12 | Turning point in a tennis match |
| 37% | SERVICE | 7 | Turning point in a tennis match, maybe |
| 37% | YSER | 4 | W.W. I battle locale |
| 37% | MARNE | 5 | W.W. I battle locale |
| 37% | ARGONNE | 7 | W.W. I battle locale |
| 37% | YPRES | 5 | W.W. I battle locale |
| 36% | CLIMAX | 6 | Turning point in a play or a movie |
| 36% | YPRES | 5 | W.W. I Belgian battle locale |
| 35% | ARGONNE | 7 | W.W. I battle locale near the Belgian border |
| 35% | MARQUISE | 8 | Gem cut that is a pointed oval in shape |
| 35% | YPRES | 5 | W.W. I battle site in Belgium |
| 34% | CUSP | 4 | Point that marks the beginning of a change |
| 34% | CAPSIZED | 8 | Like a boat that's been turned over in the water |
| 34% | ARROW | 5 | Shape that points in a certain direction |
| 33% | AISNE | 5 | French river that was the site of three W.W. I battles |
| 33% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 33% | YSER | 4 | Belgian river, a W.W. I battle line |
| 33% | SLASH | 5 | Punctuation mark that represents a spare in bowling |
| 33% | ELM | 3 | ___ Grove, Missouri locale that marked the original starting point for the Oregon Trail |
| 33% | STALINGRAD | 10 | Second World War battle regarded as a turning point for the Allied powers |
| 33% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Me Tender," song by Elvis Presley that contains a relationship milestone in its title |