| 100% | IDI | 3 | Former name in tyranny |
| 72% | IDI | 3 | First name in tyranny |
| 69% | USAIR | 5 | Former name in flight |
| 68% | RUDY | 4 | Former name in Gracie Mansion |
| 67% | ARSENIO | 7 | Former name in late-night talk |
| 62% | FRUNZE | 6 | Former name of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan |
| 61% | IDI | 3 | First name in 1970s tyranny |
| 61% | ELLICE | 6 | Former name of Tuvalu island in Polynesia |
| 61% | ISE | 3 | Euronext Dublin's former name, in brief |
| 61% | PETROGRAD | 9 | Former name of Saint Petersburg in 1915 |
| 60% | SPICEISLANDS | 12 | Former name of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 59% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 59% | LEE | 3 | County name in nine former Confederate states |
| 58% | HOUNDS | 6 | Fox & __, UK pub name in former hunt areas |
| 57% | NETSCAPE | 8 | Former big name in browsers |
| 54% | SKYMALL | 7 | Former big name in seat-pocket marketing |
| 53% | PARTHENON | 9 | Former temple whose name means "unmarried women's apartments" in Greek |
| 52% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 52% | FED | 3 | — Cup, former name of the Billie Jean King Cup, won by Canada in 2023 |
| 51% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 51% | UMTATA | 6 | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| 50% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 49% | FLEET | 5 | Subterranean river in London after which a former debtors' prison was named |
| 49% | FEDCUP | 6 | Former name of the international women's tennis team competition renmaed in 2020 in honour of Billie Jean King |
| 49% | HUFFINGTONPOST | 14 | The former name of the highest earning blog in the world that covers American news: 2 wds |
| 48% | SPOON | 5 | In golf, a former name for a No 3 wood |
| 48% | MOUNTMCKINLEY | 13 | The former name of Denali, the tallest peak in North America which is situated in Alaska: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WADE | 4 | Former shooting guard Dwyane who was named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 |
| 47% | BLAIR | 5 | Lionel —, actor-choreographer and former host of Name That Tune, who died in 2021 |