| 100% | ISAR | 4 | River in Austria and Bavaria (anagram of "sari") |
| 53% | ELS | 3 | 24 mile long river and tributary of the Streu in the Rhon Mountains, Bavaria |
| 51% | SALZBURG | 8 | City in Austria and birthplace of Mozart |
| 51% | LEDERHOSEN | 10 | Leather shorts with H-shaped braces worn by men in Austria and Bavaria |
| 46% | LANDLER | 7 | Folk dance in 3/4 time of Austria and Bavaria; a precursor of the waltz |
| 46% | SEINE | 5 | River mentioned in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" |
| 45% | YAZOO | 5 | River in Mississippi, US, formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers |
| 45% | SHATTALARAB | 11 | River in SE Iraq formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| 45% | RHYMNEY | 7 | River in Wales forming the boundary between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire |
| 45% | ARNO | 4 | River in Tuscany (anagram of "nora") |
| 43% | MARNE | 5 | River in NE France; scene of two unsuccessful German offensives in 1914 and 1918 |
| 42% | JOHNIRVING | 10 | Author of novels In One Person and Last Night in Twisted River |
| 42% | PLATTE | 6 | — River, tributary of the Missouri in Nebraska, US, upon which Lexington and Fremont stand |
| 42% | WIRRAL | 6 | Peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Dee and Mersey |
| 42% | STOCKPORT | 9 | Town in Greater Manchester at the confluence of the Rivers Goyt and Tame |
| 42% | GIRONDE | 7 | Estuary in France formed by the confluence of the Rivers Dordogne and Garonne |
| 42% | PADUCAH | 7 | City in Kentucky, US, at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers |
| 41% | ALPS | 4 | Peaks in Austria and Switzerland |
| 41% | EURO | 4 | Currency in Austria and Spain |
| 41% | ILLER | 5 | River in Bavaria |
| 41% | DESSAU | 6 | Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers |
| 40% | EUROS | 5 | Coins used in Austria and Portugal |
| 40% | EUROS | 5 | Coins used in Austria and France |
| 40% | GASPE | 5 | — Peninsula, area of land in E Canada between the St Lawrence River and Chaleur Bay |
| 40% | KELSO | 5 | Market town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Rivers Teviot and Tweed |
| 40% | BAYONNE | 7 | Seaport in Pyrenees-Atlantiques, southwest France, at the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers |
| 40% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 40% | YSER | 4 | River in France and Belgium |
| 40% | SEVERN | 6 | River in England and Wales |
| 40% | URAL | 4 | River in Asia and Europe |