| 100% | AIDA | 4 | It opened in 1871 |
| 69% | ERIECANAL | 9 | It opened in 1825 |
| 69% | SCH | 3 | It opens in Sept. |
| 67% | SAKSFIFTHAVENUE | 15 | It opened in Manhattan in 1924 |
| 65% | CARMEN | 6 | It opens in a public square in Seville |
| 63% | COED | 4 | Like Oberlin College since it opened in 1833 |
| 63% | EURODISNEY | 10 | It opened outside Paris in 1992 |
| 58% | CLARINET | 8 | Its trill opens “Rhapsody in Blue” |
| 57% | AIDA | 4 | It debuted in Cairo, Dec. 24, 1871 |
| 57% | PAR | 3 | It may be shot in the open |
| 57% | KMART | 5 | It first opened in 1962 |
| 57% | PORE | 4 | It's opened in saunas |
| 57% | KRISPYKREME | 11 | It opened its first store in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1937 |
| 54% | DEE | 3 | It can symbolize an open mouth in an 8-Down |
| 54% | FIST | 4 | It loses to an open hand in "Rock, Paper, Scissors" |
| 53% | ALFRESCO | 8 | In Italian, it means "in the open air" |
| 52% | TAB | 3 | It might be opened in a bar |
| 51% | WOOLWORTH | 9 | This family opened its first 5-cent store in 1879 |
| 51% | IKEA | 4 | Swedish retailer that opened its first US store in 1985 |
| 51% | IKEA | 4 | European retailer that opened its first US location in 1985 |
| 50% | COSTCO | 6 | Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983 |
| 50% | CLOTHEMELBOURNE | 15 | Buy Australian Open jackets for everyone in its city? (2007--careful!) |
| 50% | CONEYISLAND | 11 | Its Big Apple boardwalk opened in 1923 |
| 50% | HOGAN | 5 | Golfer who won the British Open in 1953, the only time he ever competed in it |
| 49% | FULL | 4 | Use F11 to open a window in ___ screen to view it entirely |
| 49% | KIDA | 4 | Classic 2000 Radiohead album that opens with "Everything in Its Right Place" |
| 48% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant that opened its first U.S. store near Philadelphia in 1985 |
| 48% | AFIRE | 5 | Like Chicago in 1871 |
| 47% | KEY | 3 | It opens doors |
| 47% | PORE | 4 | Opening in cosmetology? |