| 100% | AOL | 3 | Company that officially dropped "merica," "n," and "ine" from its name |
| 58% | FEDEX | 5 | Company that dropped "eral" and "press" from its name in 1994 |
| 45% | EBAY | 4 | Online company that changed its name from AuctionWeb in 1997 |
| 41% | LIL | 3 | Word that rappers Boosie and Bow Wow dropped from their stage names |
| 41% | UBER | 4 | Service that dropped "Cab" from its name in 2011 |
| 41% | SAMOA | 5 | Country that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997 |
| 40% | CATAN | 5 | Board game that dropped "The Settlers of" from its name |
| 40% | EPCOT | 5 | Attraction that dropped the word "Center" from its name in 1994 |
| 40% | JAMBA | 5 | Juice chain that dropped "Juice" from its name in 2019 |
| 39% | KWANZAA | 7 | Holiday that derives its name from Swahili and is celebrated in December |
| 39% | MAX | 3 | Streaming service that dropped "HBO" from its name in May 2023 |
| 39% | JAMBA | 5 | Chain that dropped “Juice” from its name in 2019 |
| 39% | ASTI | 4 | Sparkling Italian wine that dropped the word "spumante" from its name |
| 39% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that dropped "Oil of" from its name |
| 38% | OTIS | 4 | Company that has its ups and downs |
| 37% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
| 37% | USAIR | 5 | Company that added four letters to its name in 1997 |
| 37% | CLINIQUE | 8 | Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? |
| 37% | MICROSOFT | 9 | Software company that dropped its paper clip icon |
| 37% | ASTI | 4 | Sparkling Italian wine that dropped the word "spumante" from its name in 1993 |
| 36% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that dropped "Oil of" from its name in 1999 |
| 36% | AIOLI | 5 | Its name is derived from Provençal words for "garlic" and "oil" |
| 36% | TESLA | 5 | Car company that shares its name with an inventor |
| 36% | MARS | 4 | Candy company that shares its name with a planet |
| 36% | OTIS | 4 | Name that has its ups and downs |
| 36% | YAHOO | 5 | Web company that styles its name with an exclamation point |
| 36% | YETI | 4 | Drinkware company that shares its name with a Himalayan cryptid |
| 36% | OMEGA | 5 | Watch company that shares its name with a Greek letter |
| 36% | THEROOTS | 8 | Hip-hop band that dropped “Square” from its name |
| 35% | ACCESS | 6 | Daily entertainment-news program that dropped "Hollywood" from its name in 2017 |