| 100% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | Eastern city's nickname, with "the" |
| 69% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | New York City's nickname, with "The" (2 wds.) |
| 69% | COLUMBUS | 8 | State capital with the nickname "Arch City" |
| 63% | GENOA | 5 | Italian city with the nickname “La Superba” |
| 59% | LOU | 3 | Nickname for Missouri's second-largest city, with "the" |
| 59% | NEWMEXICO | 9 | U.S. state with the oldest capital city |
| 58% | DUBAI | 5 | City with the world's tallest building |
| 58% | DUBAI | 5 | City with the world’s tallest building |
| 57% | MECCA | 5 | City with the world's largest clock face |
| 57% | NORFOLK | 7 | City with the world's largest naval complex |
| 57% | ATL | 3 | City with the world's busiest airport (Abbr.) |
| 57% | DESERTFOX | 9 | Erwin Rommel's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | COMMERCECOMET | 13 | Mickey Mantle's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | REDPLANET | 9 | Our neighbor's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | TEFLONDON | 9 | John Gotti's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | BEEB | 4 | English channel's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | BIEB | 4 | "Baby" singer's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | RAJAH | 5 | Rogers Hornsby's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | ITGIRL | 6 | Clara Bow's nickname, with "the" |
| 57% | PRU | 3 | Boston skyscraper's nickname, with "The" |
| 57% | GREATONE | 8 | Wayne Gretzky's nickname, with "The" |
| 57% | BOSS | 4 | Bruce Springsteen's nickname, with "The" |
| 57% | NEWHAVEN | 8 | City with the world's first telephone directory (1878) |
| 56% | TAMPA | 5 | U.S. city nicknamed the Big Guava |
| 56% | HUB | 3 | Boston's nickname, with "the" |
| 56% | ITALIANSTALLION | 15 | Rocky's nickname, with "the" |
| 56% | BOSS | 4 | Springsteen's nickname, with "the" |
| 56% | BARD | 4 | Shakespeare's nickname, with "the" |
| 56% | IRONDUKE | 8 | Wellington's nickname, with "The" |
| 56% | ETERNALCITY | 11 | Rome's nickname, with "the" |