| 100% | TONGA | 5 | Pacific nation whose name becomes a dance if its vowels are switched |
| 45% | TEMPE | 5 | U.S. city whose name becomes another city's name if you change both its vowels to A's |
| 42% | STREP | 5 | Ailment whose name becomes an actress when its vowel is doubled |
| 42% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 41% | SHARPEI | 7 | Dog breed whose name becomes a permanent marker brand when the last two letters are switched |
| 40% | TANZANIA | 8 | East African nation whose name is a meld of its two former states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar |
| 39% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 39% | MILA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes a country when its vowels are swapped |
| 37% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 36% | LEBARON | 7 | Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. superstar when its middle letter is removed |
| 36% | EAR | 3 | Organ whose name becomes a related verb if you add a letter |
| 35% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 34% | DAIS | 4 | Platform whose name becomes a flower if you add a Y at the end |
| 34% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an "R" in the middle |
| 34% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 34% | EYE | 3 | Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| 33% | POM | 3 | Fruit drink whose name is a truncation of its main ingredient |
| 33% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 33% | MYRA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when its vowels are switched |
| 33% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |
| 33% | TMAX | 4 | Kodak black-and-white film brand whose name becomes a department store if you insert a J and append an X |
| 32% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 32% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 32% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 32% | SARAHMCLACHLAN | 14 | Canadian singer of "Adia" whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MACARENA | 8 | 1993 song by Los del Rio that became a dance craze after it was covered by the Bayside Boys |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 32% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |
| 32% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |