| 100% | ITT | 3 | Corp. that acquired Sheraton in 1968 |
| 43% | IHOP | 4 | Chain that acquired Applebee’s in 2007 |
| 42% | AOL | 3 | ISP that acquired the Huffington Post in 2011 |
| 42% | AVIS | 4 | Company that acquired Zipcar in 2013 |
| 42% | ETSY | 4 | Website that acquired Depop in 2021 |
| 42% | PAYPAL | 6 | Company that acquired Venmo in 2013 |
| 42% | EBAY | 4 | Company that acquired Skype in 2005 |
| 42% | UBER | 4 | Company that acquired Postmates in 2020 |
| 42% | PATREON | 7 | Platform that acquired Subbable in 2015 |
| 42% | ROCKETS | 7 | Houston ___, NBA team that acquired James Harden in 2010 |
| 42% | SUNS | 4 | Team that acquired Charles Barkley in a 1992 trade |
| 42% | FACT | 4 | Word that acquired subjective overtones in the last decade |
| 41% | NYT | 3 | Pub. that acquired Wordle in 2022 |
| 41% | UPS | 3 | Delivery company that acquired Mail Boxes Etc. in 2001: Abbr. |
| 41% | ETSY | 4 | Site that acquired the music-gear marketplace Reverb in 2019 |
| 41% | LAKERS | 6 | Team that acquired Luka Dončić in a controversial 2025 trade |
| 39% | ETSY | 4 | Site that acquired Depop in 2021 for $1.6 billion |
| 39% | PIXAR | 5 | Studio that was acquired by Disney in 2006 |
| 39% | TMOBILE | 7 | Communications company that acquired Sprint in 2020: Hyph. |
| 38% | TWA | 3 | Airline that was acquired by American in 2001: Abbr. |
| 38% | GRENOBLE | 8 | City in France that hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics |
| 38% | APES | 4 | Creatures that take over Earth in a 1968 film |
| 38% | WWI | 3 | Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief |
| 37% | UNOBTANIUM | 10 | Fictional mineral that's very difficult to acquire in "Avatar" |
| 37% | MONKEES | 7 | Group that starred in the 1968 film "Head," with "the" |
| 37% | TULIPS | 6 | Flowers that Tiny Tim "tiptoed through" in a 1968 hit |
| 37% | LALAKERS | 8 | West Coast N.B.A. team that acquired Luka Dončić in a blockbuster February trade |
| 37% | GTE | 3 | Co. that Bell Atlantic acquired in June 2000 and renamed Verizon |
| 37% | YOUTUBE | 7 | Online video-sharing platform that was acquired by Google in 2006 |
| 36% | AVIS | 4 | Car-rental chain that acquired Zipcar in 2013 |