| 100% | PLANETS | 7 | Nonet that became an octet in 2006 |
| 61% | PLANETS | 7 | *Nonet redefined as an octet in 2006 |
| 48% | MSPACMAN | 8 | '80s bestseller that became an Android app in 2013 |
| 43% | EVOLUTION | 9 | Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an "R" in front |
| 41% | AFTA | 4 | Shaving brand that becomes a well-known treaty if you put an "N" in front |
| 41% | AIR | 3 | Song that becomes the musical it's in if you add an "H" to the front |
| 41% | HEARTEN | 7 | Feel like there must be an extra instrument in that nonet recording? |
| 40% | PAM | 3 | Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet |
| 40% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body that becomes what it does if you put an H in front of it |
| 39% | LANDOWNER | 9 | What a freed slave was to become in an 1865 order that was eventually overturned |
| 39% | MASTERED | 8 | Became an expert in |
| 38% | MASTER | 6 | Become an expert in |
| 38% | FETISH | 6 | Object or idea that becomes an obsession |
| 38% | TAKESBYSTORM | 12 | Becomes an overnight sensation in |
| 37% | EARL | 4 | Name that becomes an adjective when "-y" is added |
| 36% | ASP | 3 | Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W |
| 36% | TNN | 3 | Channel that became Heartland in 2013 |
| 36% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that became kosher in 1997 |
| 36% | DAKOTA | 6 | Territory that became states in 1889 |
| 36% | FINEART | 7 | Discipline that becomes an insect if you switch two letters around |
| 36% | LOIN | 4 | Body part that becomes an animal when its vowels are swapped |
| 36% | ADELA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes an Australian city upon adding -ide |
| 35% | SWAZILAND | 9 | African country that became Eswatini in 2018 |
| 35% | OBIE | 4 | Award that becomes an instrument by changing an I to an O |
| 35% | PALMSPRINGS | 11 | California city that, in 2018, became the first U.S. city to have an all-L.G.B.T. city council |
| 35% | ERITREA | 7 | African country, became an Italian colony in 1890 |
| 35% | DODOS | 5 | Flightless birds that became extinct in the 1600s |
| 35% | USPASSPORT | 10 | Item that became trilingual in the late '90s |
| 35% | ROE | 3 | Eggs that become fish in the future, say |
| 34% | OBTRUDE | 7 | Become noticeable in an unpleasant way |