| 100% | PANAMA | 6 | Country that issued its only banknotes in 1941, only to have them withdrawn several days later |
| 33% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 30% | WIRE | 4 | "Down to the ___," common phrase meaning "until the last minute," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 29% | BRAZIL | 6 | Only country to have played in every World Cup |
| 28% | STARZ | 5 | Movie channel that used to have an "!" in its name |
| 28% | IRELAND | 7 | Only country to have a musical instrument (the harp) as its national emblem |
| 28% | SWEDEN | 6 | Country that was defeated in its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics |
| 27% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| 27% | CHINA | 5 | Country that has emitted over 230,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years |
| 27% | INDUS | 5 | River that lends its name to the second most populous country in the world |
| 27% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that used to have "Oil of" in front of its name |
| 27% | EGYPT | 5 | Country that has won only a single Olympic gold medal - in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling - in the past 70 years |
| 27% | USA | 3 | Country that has emitted over 400,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years: Abbr. |
| 27% | OPEC | 4 | Global cartel that invited Brazil (which did not accept) to join them in October last year (abbr.) |
| 27% | IHOP | 4 | Restaurant that changed its last letter to a B for a brief period in June |
| 27% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 26% | AMERICA | 7 | "The only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between," per Oscar Wilde |
| 26% | GRINDR | 6 | Gay dating app that had its I.P.O. in late 2022 |
| 26% | ONLYFANS | 8 | Web site that announced, in August, 2021, that it would ban pornography, before backpedalling six days later |
| 26% | SIAM | 4 | Country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 26% | BELUSHI | 7 | Only person to have the #1 movie, #1 album and #1-rated late-night TV show all in the same week |
| 25% | CARNATIONS | 10 | Flowers that have represented Mother's Day since 17a delivered 500 of them at the first celebration in 1908 |
| 25% | USA | 3 | Country that declared its independence in 1776: Abbr. |
| 25% | HALE | 4 | I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country speaker |
| 25% | IPAD | 4 | Product that had sales of more than 300,000 on its first day in 2010 |
| 25% | ERITREA | 7 | Country that won its first Olympic medal in 2004 |
| 25% | LAOS | 4 | Country that gained its independence from France in 1953 |
| 25% | LUXEMBOURG | 10 | European country and founding member of NATO that, according to its constitution, has no official language |
| 25% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 25% | CANADA | 6 | Country that gives its name to a smoky back bacon |