| 100% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 35% | WONSAN | 6 | City and port in southeast North Korea on the Sea of Japan |
| 35% | AACHEN | 6 | German city known to the French as Aix-la-Chapelle and now a technology hub |
| 34% | CONSTANTINE | 11 | Eponym of the city now known as Istanbul |
| 34% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 34% | ARUM | 4 | Species of the plant alternately known as snakeshead, cuckoo pint, lords-and-ladies, jack in the pulpit and more than a dozen other names |
| 33% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 32% | PTL | 3 | Name of the cable network sold in bankruptcy (1989) to Morris Cerullo World Evangelism that is now known as "INSP", HQed in South Carolina |
| 32% | YANGON | 6 | Largest city and former capital of Myanmar also known as Rangoon |
| 31% | PARKER | 6 | Surname of the Sex and the City star known as SJP |
| 31% | UMTATA | 6 | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| 31% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 31% | BAGUIO | 6 | City in Luzon known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines |
| 31% | BURMA | 5 | Previous name of the country now known as Myanmar |
| 31% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HAMBURG | 7 | City and port in northern Germany on the River Elbe |
| 30% | BREMEN | 6 | City and port in N Germany on the Weser estuary |
| 30% | PLZEN | 5 | City in the Czech Republic also known as Pilsen; a 2015 European Capital of Culture |
| 30% | NAPOLI | 6 | Italian name for a port city often credited as the home of pizza |
| 30% | SUE | 3 | Name of the T. Rex officially known as FMNH PR 2081 discovered near Faith, SD, in 1990 |
| 29% | MEGHANMARKLE | 12 | Former actress and now Duchess of Sussex who tied the knot with Prince Harry in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BASEBALL | 8 | UK game once known as "rounders", referenced in the 1740's and now known as this |
| 29% | MOMBASA | 7 | City and port of Kenya served by the Moi International Airport |
| 29% | LOUISXII | 8 | French king in 1498, known as Father of the People |
| 29% | TIKRIT | 6 | City in Iraq known as "the city of palaces" |
| 29% | GHENT | 5 | Industrial city and port in East Flanders, Belgium, formerly known for its cloth industry |
| 29% | GHENT | 5 | Industrial city and port in north-west Belgium formerly known for its cloth industry |
| 28% | MADRID | 6 | European capital known as the city of "Bear and the Strawberry Tree" |
| 28% | IMP | 3 | UVA secret philanthropic and mischievous org. founded in 1902 as the HOT FEET Society, now known as the ___ Society |
| 28% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the country now called Myanmar |