| 100% | OTTER | 5 | Lead-in to hound, in the canine world |
| 70% | OLDS | 4 | Onetime lead-in to "mobile" in the auto world |
| 60% | SKY | 3 | "Scanner" lead-in to mean one of the biggest travel booking sites in the world |
| 57% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Rapinoe, American soccer player who led her team to victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup on 7th July 2019 |
| 57% | IPO | 3 | Big news to share in the biz world? |
| 55% | PHONO | 5 | Lead-in to “graph,” in the early days of audio recording |
| 55% | AUTO | 4 | Lead-in to straddle, in the name of an online magazine |
| 55% | PELE | 4 | Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17) |
| 54% | ELEVATOR | 8 | One way to get up in the world |
| 54% | IRL | 3 | Not in the game world, to a gamer |
| 54% | ERE | 3 | In the time leading up to |
| 53% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |
| 53% | GHANA | 5 | Loser to the U.S. in the 2014 World Cup |
| 53% | DDT | 3 | Chemical used to control malaria in the Second World War |
| 52% | ELEVATOR | 8 | One way to get up in the world? |
| 51% | METS | 4 | MLB team that lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series |
| 51% | CAIRO | 5 | Most populous city in the Arab world, home to 19+ million people |
| 51% | STEAL | 5 | Jackie Robinson did it to reach home in the '55 World Series |
| 50% | FATHERTIME | 10 | Scythe carrier who is also said to be undefeated in the sports world |
| 50% | NETHERLANDS | 11 | Team that was runner-up to the USA in the 2019 World Cup |
| 50% | TOTO | 4 | Canine that Glinda refers to as Dodo in the musical “Wicked” |
| 50% | OYSTER | 6 | The world, according to Pistol, in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 50% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 50% | ANDES | 5 | Home to the highest active volcano in the world |
| 50% | PRADO | 5 | Home to the largest Goya collection in the world |
| 50% | FRANZ | 5 | Ferdinand whose death led to the First World War |
| 50% | LACKOFEELING | 12 | What pollution in the Sargasso Sea may lead to? |
| 50% | FLATTIRE | 8 | What a fork in the road might lead to? |
| 50% | TRILLIAN | 8 | Female lead in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |