| 100% | CONGO | 5 | Part of the names of two African countries |
| 62% | ANGORA | 6 | Kind of wool that differs by one letter from the name of an African country |
| 60% | INDIA | 5 | Country whose name is part of the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 56% | LEONES | 6 | African currency whose singular form is part of its country's name |
| 56% | LAS | 3 | Part of the name of the gambling town |
| 56% | CITY | 4 | Part of the names of four state capitals |
| 56% | DES | 3 | Part of the name of Iowa’s capital |
| 55% | LACASA | 6 | Part of the name of many a Spanish restaurant |
| 55% | III | 3 | Part of the name of one nicknamed "Trey," perhaps |
| 55% | ROMANEMPERORS | 13 | Source of the names of two months |
| 55% | RHODE | 5 | Part of the name of the smallest U.S. state |
| 55% | MONA | 4 | Part of the name of Da Vinci's famous portrait |
| 54% | BENIN | 5 | African country with two capitals, Porto-Novo (official) and Cotonou (where the seat of government is) |
| 54% | NEWYORK | 7 | Northeastern state that's the first part of two NFL teams' names: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TEL | 3 | Part of the name of an Israeli city that is followed by Aviv |
| 53% | STATE | 5 | Part of the name Hannah Montana or Denzel Washington |
| 52% | SAN | 3 | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| 52% | OFFSHORE | 8 | Not part of the mainland of a country |
| 52% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two baseball teams |
| 52% | DAKOTA | 6 | Word in the names of two US states |
| 52% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 52% | SOUTH | 5 | Word that starts the names of two states |
| 52% | ULNAS | 5 | Two long parts of the body |
| 51% | CONGO | 5 | River that lent its name to two African countries |
| 51% | ARAB | 4 | ___ Republic of Egypt (full name of an African country) |
| 51% | SAN | 3 | Word in the names of two Central American capitals |
| 51% | SOX | 3 | Second word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 51% | JULY | 4 | Part of the calendar named for Caesar |
| 51% | HAITI | 5 | Caribbean country that's part of the island of Hispaniola |
| 51% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two American League baseball teams |