| 100% | IONTV | 5 | Network that began as Pax |
| 60% | ION | 3 | "WWE Main Event" network that was once known as Pax TV |
| 54% | EBAY | 4 | Site that began as AuctionWeb |
| 53% | EEL | 3 | Fish that begins as a leptocephalus |
| 52% | ASTROS | 6 | Club that began as the Colt .45s |
| 52% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Pretty flying insect that began as caterpillar |
| 51% | INTERNET | 8 | A global computer network that began in 1983 |
| 51% | NETS | 4 | Team that began as the New Jersey Americans |
| 51% | ATLANTA | 7 | State capital that began as a railway terminus |
| 51% | TIMEX | 5 | Corporation that began as the Waterbury Clock Company |
| 51% | PACSUN | 6 | Clothing chain that began as a surf shop |
| 51% | SPURS | 5 | NBA team that began as the Dallas Chaparrals |
| 51% | IMDB | 4 | Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group |
| 50% | PTA | 3 | Org. that began as the National Congress of Mothers |
| 50% | KOHLS | 5 | Department store chain that began as a corner grocery |
| 50% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project |
| 50% | KOHLS | 5 | Retailer that began as a grocery store in Milwaukee |
| 49% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine that began as a supplement to France-Soir |
| 49% | DISCORD | 7 | Communications platform that began as a chat service for gamers |
| 49% | PANERA | 6 | Bakery chain that began as the Saint Louis Bread Co. |
| 49% | CNBC | 4 | Cable network that began airing "Deal or No Deal" in 2018 |
| 49% | PIT | 3 | Passion ___, "Carried Away" band that began as Michael Angelakos' solo project |
| 48% | CHICAGOBEARS | 12 | NFL team that began as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ROKU | 4 | Device that began at Netflix as Project Griffin |
| 47% | THEHATEFULEIGHT | 15 | Quentin Tarantino Western that began as a novel called “Django in White Hell” |
| 47% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organization that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 47% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organisation that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 47% | HLN | 3 | Cable network that was formerly known as Headline News |
| 46% | OURMISSBROOKS | 13 | Hit 1950s sitcom with Eve Arden that began as a radio show: 3 wds. |
| 46% | LANDS | 5 | With 13-Down, clothing retailer that began as a mail-order yachting supply company |