| 100% | GTE | 3 | Co. now part of Verizon |
| 66% | GTE | 3 | Co. that became part of Verizon |
| 61% | AOL | 3 | Part of Verizon Media |
| 57% | WOMEN | 5 | Part of NOW |
| 57% | GTE | 3 | Telecom that became part of Verizon |
| 57% | XXX | 3 | Company that became part of Verizon |
| 57% | AMANA | 5 | Appliance brand now part of Whirlpool |
| 56% | ACTON | 5 | Old English borough, now part of London |
| 56% | INC | 3 | Part of some co. names |
| 56% | BROS | 4 | Part of some co. names |
| 56% | BROS | 4 | Part of many co. names |
| 56% | INC | 3 | Part of a co. name |
| 56% | INC | 3 | Part of many co. names |
| 55% | ALSACE | 6 | French region now part of the Grand Est |
| 55% | MERIDIEN | 8 | Le __, French hotel brand, now part of Marriott |
| 55% | BIAFRA | 6 | Former West African state, now part of Nigeria |
| 55% | ESPN | 4 | Part of the Walt Disney Co. |
| 55% | ASTOLDTO | 8 | Part of an co-author credit |
| 55% | INC | 3 | Part of many a co. name |
| 54% | ARALSEA | 7 | Part of it is now a desert |
| 51% | CISKEI | 6 | 1981-94 Bantustan in southeast South Africa now part of Eastern Cape |
| 49% | CISKEI | 6 | Bantustan in south-east South Africa from 1981-94 now part of Eastern Cape |
| 49% | AROD | 4 | Former Yank who's now part owner of the Timberwolves |
| 47% | DEREK | 5 | Former Yankee Jeter who is now part owner of the Miami Marlins |
| 47% | AOL | 3 | Sister co. of Verizon Wireless |
| 44% | TRAVIS | 6 | ___ Kalanick, now-ousted C.E.O. and co-founder of Uber |
| 44% | VERACRUZ | 8 | Town now part of Mexico, attacked by pirates Laurens de Graaf, Nicholas van Hoorn and Michel de Grammont in 1683 |
| 44% | SOCAL | 5 | San Bernardino Co. is part of it |
| 43% | AYN | 3 | ___ Robbins, co-lyricist of the #1 "Rocky" theme song "Gonna Fly Now" |
| 43% | ISLEOFELY | 9 | Former county of England now part of present-day Cambridgeshire |