| 100% | ASTROS | 6 | Club that began as the Colt .45s |
| 57% | NETS | 4 | Team that began as the New Jersey Americans |
| 57% | TIMEX | 5 | Corporation that began as the Waterbury Clock Company |
| 57% | SPURS | 5 | NBA team that began as the Dallas Chaparrals |
| 56% | PTA | 3 | Org. that began as the National Congress of Mothers |
| 55% | PANERA | 6 | Bakery chain that began as the Saint Louis Bread Co. |
| 54% | CHICAGOBEARS | 12 | NFL team that began as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 53% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organization that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 53% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organisation that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 48% | HEATHROW | 8 | London airport that began life in 1929 as the Great West Aerodrome |
| 48% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month |
| 47% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in 1994 |
| 47% | LII | 3 | Shakespeare sonnet that begins "So am I as the rich, whose blessed key" |
| 47% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its associated month |
| 44% | DAVISCUP | 8 | International athletic competition that began in 1900 as a challenge between the U.S. and Great Britain |
| 43% | EBAY | 4 | Site that began as AuctionWeb |
| 43% | IONTV | 5 | Network that began as Pax |
| 43% | EEL | 3 | Fish that begins as a leptocephalus |
| 42% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Pretty flying insect that began as caterpillar |
| 42% | UPS | 3 | It began as the American Messenger Co. |
| 42% | ALCOA | 5 | It began as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company |
| 42% | NETS | 4 | Team begun as the New Jersey Americans |
| 42% | UPS | 3 | Co. begun as the American Messenger Company |
| 42% | AVON | 4 | Business begun as the California Perfume Company |
| 41% | ATLANTA | 7 | State capital that began as a railway terminus |
| 41% | PACSUN | 6 | Clothing chain that began as a surf shop |
| 41% | IMDB | 4 | Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group |
| 41% | KOHLS | 5 | Department store chain that began as a corner grocery |
| 41% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project |
| 41% | KOHLS | 5 | Retailer that began as a grocery store in Milwaukee |