| 100% | THEACADEMY | 10 | Site of a grove of olive trees near Athens where Plato taught in the 4th century BC |
| 28% | APSE | 4 | Site of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia |
| 28% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Site of a 1945 Allied victory in the Pacific |
| 28% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |
| 27% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| 27% | MOTTE | 5 | Grove of trees, in the Southwest |
| 27% | TRENTON | 7 | Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 27% | ATTICA | 6 | Site of a historic 1971 event in the carceral-rights movement |
| 27% | SWAYING | 7 | The moving of palm trees in a breeze |
| 26% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 26% | ALAMO | 5 | The —, mission in San Antonio, Texas; site of a siege and massacre in 1836 |
| 26% | EDEN | 4 | Where the tree of life is located, in the Bible |
| 26% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 26% | MONTECASSINO | 12 | Site of a Benedictine monastery in central Italy accidentally destroyed by the Allies in 1944 |
| 26% | SIKH | 4 | A member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 26% | EDEN | 4 | Place with a tree of immortality in the Quran |
| 25% | EDGEHILL | 8 | Site in Warwickshire of a 1642 battle in the English Civil War |
| 25% | STOCKHOLM | 9 | Where you can take in a performance of the Royal Swedish Ballet |
| 25% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 25% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that changes color in the fall |
| 25% | SWAY | 4 | Move in the breeze, as a tree (anagram of "ways") |
| 25% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 25% | NASEBY | 6 | Village in Northamptonshire; site of a 1645 victory for Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War |
| 25% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 25% | IOWA | 4 | State where the "Field of Dreams" movie site is a tourist attraction |
| 25% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 25% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, northeast France, on the Meuse River; site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 25% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya which was founded in 7th century BC by the Phoenicians |
| 25% | ELM | 3 | Type of tree that appears in the title of a horror movie franchise |