| 100% | SANDIEGO | 8 | Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| 50% | MONTEREY | 8 | US port and resort in Central Coast, California north of San Luis Obispo |
| 48% | STOCKTON | 8 | Inland port in California, US, on the San Joaquin River; seat of the University of the Pacific |
| 47% | NADENE | 6 | Group of North American languages spoken in parts of Alaska, Canada and the southern US |
| 45% | BAKERSFIELD | 11 | City in California, US, at the southern end of the San Joaquin valley associated with the oil industry |
| 42% | SDSU | 4 | California sch. just north of Tijuana |
| 42% | DULUTH | 6 | Port in Minnesota, US, at the west end of Lake Superior |
| 41% | BUFFALO | 7 | Port in New York State, US, at the eastern end of Lake Erie |
| 41% | WONSAN | 6 | City and port in southeast North Korea on the Sea of Japan |
| 41% | EVANSTON | 8 | City in Illinois, US north of Chicago on Lake Michigan |
| 41% | HARTLEPOOL | 10 | Port in England on the North Sea northeast of Billingham |
| 40% | TYRE | 4 | Ancient Phoenician port in southern Lebanon known for the production of a rare sort of purple dye |
| 40% | CAPHAITIEN | 10 | Port in North Haiti; capital of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue from 1711-70 |
| 40% | HARTLEPOOL | 10 | Port in England on the North Sea north-east of Billingham |
| 40% | TILBURY | 7 | Port in Essex on the north bank of the River Thames |
| 39% | HOUSTON | 7 | Inland port in SE Texas, US; site of the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center |
| 39% | BARI | 4 | Port in southern Italy |
| 39% | BUFFALO | 7 | US port in New York State at the eastern end of Lake Erie |
| 38% | BODEGAHEAD | 10 | Peninsula in Sonoma County, California, US, west of Santa Rosa |
| 38% | EVANSTON | 8 | City in Illinois, US, north of Chicago on Lake Michigan |
| 38% | ELKE | 4 | Sommer in Southern California |
| 38% | BRELO | 5 | City in southern California |
| 38% | FRESNO | 6 | City in California, US, in the centre of the San Joaquin Valley |
| 37% | LAX | 3 | Major airport in Southern California |
| 37% | ANA | 3 | Santa ___ (city in southern California) |
| 36% | LAGEAR | 6 | Shoe company based in Southern California |
| 36% | SANTAANA | 8 | Strong seasonal winds in southern California |
| 36% | EMMA | 4 | Stone often found in southern California |