| 100% | SIAM | 4 | Country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 95% | SIAM | 4 | Asian country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 75% | BENIN | 5 | West African country that changed its name from Dahomey, in 1975 |
| 62% | EBAY | 4 | Online company that changed its name from AuctionWeb in 1997 |
| 55% | SCOPE | 5 | Disability charity founded in 1951 that changed its name in 1994 |
| 52% | INDUS | 5 | River that lends its name to the second most populous country in the world |
| 52% | SAMOA | 5 | Country that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997 |
| 51% | REDS | 4 | MLB team that temporarily changed its name in 1953 to avoid any association with Communism |
| 50% | CHAD | 4 | Country that shares its name with a lake |
| 49% | CANADA | 6 | Country that gives its name to a smoky back bacon |
| 49% | MYANMAR | 7 | Burma changed its name to this in 1989 |
| 49% | USA | 3 | Country that declared its independence in 1776: Abbr. |
| 48% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 48% | SENEGAL | 7 | River in West Africa that shares its name with a country it flows through |
| 47% | ERITREA | 7 | Country that won its first Olympic medal in 2004 |
| 47% | LAOS | 4 | Country that gained its independence from France in 1953 |
| 46% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 46% | ITALY | 5 | Country that elected its first female P.M. in 2022 |
| 46% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 46% | HUFFPOST | 8 | News site that shortened its name in 2017 |
| 46% | SAMOA | 5 | Polynesian country that lends its name to a Girl Scout cookie |
| 45% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 44% | SYD | 3 | Name that's hidden in "Easy does it" |
| 44% | IHOP | 4 | Restaurant that changed its last letter to a B for a brief period in June |
| 44% | PIBB | 4 | Mr. ___ (soft drink that debuted in 1972 and changed its name in 2001) |
| 44% | SWEDEN | 6 | Country that was defeated in its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics |
| 44% | CONGO | 5 | River that lent its name to two African countries |
| 44% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 43% | ALA | 3 | State that shares its name with a country music group: Abbr. |
| 43% | IRAN | 4 | It's bordered by three countries with "-stan" in their names |