| 100% | BELGIANCONGO | 12 | Name by which the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known from 1908-60 |
| 55% | EBOLA | 5 | River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after which a severe infectious viral disease is named |
| 55% | ZAIRE | 5 | Country name that replaced (and was later replaced by) Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 50% | LBJ | 3 | Name by which the US president from 1963-69 was known |
| 50% | LAWLORDS | 8 | Name by which the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also known |
| 50% | SEPOY | 5 | — Rebellion, name by which the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58 was also known |
| 46% | JEEP | 4 | Name by which the Willys MB four-wheel drive utility vehicle of World War II was known |
| 46% | ELMO | 4 | Name by which Saint Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, is also known |
| 46% | OOMPAUL | 7 | Name by which former president of the Transvaal S J P Kruger was known |
| 46% | LEVANT | 6 | The —, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was formerly known |
| 45% | ZAIRE | 5 | Name, from 1971-97, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 45% | REDARROWS | 9 | Name by which the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team are known |
| 45% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 45% | RASSELAS | 8 | Name by which Samuel Johnson's 1759 novel The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale is also known |
| 43% | OMBUDSMAN | 9 | The —, name by which the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is also known |
| 43% | BOHEMIAN | 8 | Name by which the Czech language was known |
| 43% | OUANANICHE | 10 | Name by which the Atlantic salmon is also known |
| 43% | LIME | 4 | Name by which the linden tree is also known |
| 43% | GABBA | 5 | The —, name by which the Brisbane Cricket Ground is known |
| 43% | OUANANICHE | 10 | Name by which the landlocked Atlantic salmon is also known |
| 42% | HALTER | 6 | Piece of backless attire whose name comes from the Germanic for "that by which anything is held" |
| 42% | DOGFISH | 7 | Name by which the small-spotted cat shark is also known in the UK |
| 42% | ALLBLACKS | 9 | Name by which the New Zealand national rugby union team is known |
| 41% | SEAPERCH | 8 | Bluestripe —, name by which the common bluestripe snapper is also known |
| 41% | THEBOYWONDER | 12 | Name by which Robin, sidekick of DC Comics character Batman, is known |
| 41% | NELSPRUIT | 9 | Name by which Mbombela - capital of Mpumalanga, South Africa - is also known |
| 41% | LENINGRAD | 9 | Name by which St Petersburg, Russia was known from 1924-91 |
| 41% | RUFUS | 5 | William —, name by which William II, king of England, was known |
| 40% | VIETCONG | 8 | Name by which the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam was known during the Vietnam War |