| 100% | STAN | 4 | Persian suffix that ends seven country names |
| 54% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that includes seven countries whose names end in "-stan" |
| 48% | STAN | 4 | Suffix for seven country names |
| 48% | STAN | 4 | Ending of seven country names |
| 45% | STAN | 4 | Ending of seven Asian countries' names |
| 42% | STAN | 4 | Ending for seven Asian country names |
| 38% | CANADA | 6 | Country name that follows O |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | Country name that includes its own abbreviation |
| 37% | STAN | 4 | Central Asian country name suffix |
| 36% | STAN | 4 | End of seven UN members' names |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | Country that produces Persian rugs |
| 35% | SOX | 3 | Word that ends two pro baseball team names |
| 35% | MARATHON | 8 | Battle that ended first Persian invasion of Greece |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | Persian Gulf country that borders Iraq |
| 35% | BORDERS | 7 | Ends or lines that separate countries |
| 34% | SIAM | 4 | Country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 33% | SAMOA | 5 | Country that shares a name with a cookie |
| 33% | INC | 3 | Abbreviation that ends many business names |
| 33% | DOMAIN | 6 | Name that often ends in .org, .com or .edu |
| 33% | ESE | 3 | Ending that can turn a country into a language |
| 33% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country whose name means "he that strives with God" |
| 32% | ESE | 3 | Suffix on some country names |
| 32% | ESE | 3 | Suffix with many country names |
| 32% | LAND | 4 | End of many country names |
| 32% | ZAIRE | 5 | Country name that replaced (and was later replaced by) Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 32% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 32% | IAN | 3 | Man's name that's also a suffix |
| 32% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Persian Gulf country that used to be ruled by a shah |
| 31% | ANDES | 5 | Mountain range that passes through seven South American countries |