| 100% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 65% | ALGERIA | 7 | Largest country in Africa since the breakup of Sudan in 2011 |
| 64% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country |
| 59% | UMTATA | 6 | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| 58% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Second largest country in the UK |
| 57% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the country now called Myanmar |
| 57% | SPICEISLANDS | 12 | Former name of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 56% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ALGERIA | 7 | The largest country in Africa |
| 54% | LIMA | 4 | Capital of the third largest country in South America |
| 53% | ERITREA | 7 | Country in the Horn of Africa |
| 52% | BURMA | 5 | Former name for the country of Myanmar |
| 52% | EGYPT | 5 | Country in the northeast corner of Africa |
| 52% | FED | 3 | — Cup, former name of the Billie Jean King Cup, won by Canada in 2023 |
| 51% | HAITIAN | 7 | Citizen of the second-oldest independent country in the New World |
| 51% | BEMBA | 5 | Member of the largest ethnic group in Zambia, Africa |
| 51% | TORONTO | 7 | Largest city in the second-largest country |
| 51% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ARGENTINA | 9 | The second-largest country in South America |
| 51% | ETHIOPIA | 8 | Landlocked country in the Horn of Africa |
| 51% | VOLTA | 5 | Name of the Ghanaian lake formed by the largest artificial reservoir in the world |
| 51% | RANGOON | 7 | Former name of Myanmar's largest city, capital of the Yangon region |
| 50% | MAUNALOA | 8 | The name of the world's largest volcano, in Hawaii |
| 50% | THEDIXIECHICKS | 14 | Former name of the country trio with a memorable National Anthem performance at the 2003 Super Bowl (3 wds.) |
| 50% | FEDCUP | 6 | Former name of the international women's tennis team competition renmaed in 2020 in honour of Billie Jean King |
| 49% | ZAIRE | 5 | 1974 name of the country where boxing's Rumble in the Jungle took place |
| 49% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SUDAN | 5 | Largest country in Africa |
| 49% | ALGERIA | 7 | Largest country in Africa |
| 48% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Congo |