| 100% | OTRANTO | 7 | Italian city that is the title setting of a Walpole novel |
| 56% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian city that was the title of a 2011 animated movie |
| 56% | OTRANTO | 7 | Italian city, setting of a Walpole novel |
| 52% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town on the SE tip of Italy that's the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel |
| 50% | TURIN | 5 | Italian city that is the headquarters of Alfa Romeo |
| 49% | PARIS | 5 | City that "is burning," in the title of a classic documentary |
| 48% | TROY | 4 | Ancient city that is the setting of the "Iliad" |
| 46% | JLO | 3 | Pop nickname that was the title of a 2001 4x platinum album |
| 46% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 46% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that was the starting point of a 1965 Civil Rights march |
| 46% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 45% | PALAU | 5 | Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor" |
| 45% | ALTO | 4 | Palo ___, Californian city that is a part of the Silicon Valley |
| 45% | PADUA | 5 | Italian city where "The Taming of the Shrew" is set |
| 44% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HAVANA | 6 | Capital city that's the title of a #1 Camila Cabello hit |
| 43% | FARGO | 5 | North Dakota city that's the title of a Coen brothers film |
| 42% | POTSDAM | 7 | City bordering Berlin that was the site of a 1945 conference |
| 42% | METRO | 5 | "___ 2033," video game that was inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky novel of the same title |
| 42% | MILAN | 5 | Italian city that is a major fashion capital |
| 42% | DOUBLEDUTCH | 11 | Sport that's the title of a 2002 novel by Sharon M. Draper |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 41% | THEHAGUE | 8 | City that is the seat of the Dutch government |
| 41% | TORUN | 5 | Polish city that is the birthplace of Copernicus |
| 40% | MOBILEALABAMA | 13 | City that was the first capital of French Louisiana |
| 40% | CEBU | 4 | City that was first capital of the Philippines |
| 40% | TOKYO | 5 | City that was often a target of Godzilla |
| 40% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 40% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 40% | YORK | 4 | New New ___, fictional futuristic city that is the setting for "Futurama" |