| 100% | CUBS | 4 | Team whose last World Series win was in 1908 |
| 70% | REDS | 4 | MLB team whose last World Series championship was in 1990 |
| 68% | METS | 4 | New York team whose last World Series appearance was in 2000 |
| 53% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose 2017 World Series title was predicted by Sports Illustrated in 2014 |
| 52% | GIANTS | 6 | Team that last won a World Series in 1954 |
| 52% | PIRATES | 7 | Team that last won the World Series in 1979 |
| 45% | CUBS | 4 | Chicago team that won the World Series in 1907, 1908, and 2016 |
| 45% | ITALY | 5 | European country whose fourth World Cup win was in 2006 |
| 44% | CUBS | 4 | Chicago MLB team that won the World Series in 1907, 1908, and 2016 |
| 42% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose home is the Minute Maid Park; 2017 World Series winners, Houston — |
| 42% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose home is the Minute Maid Park; 2022 World Series winners, Houston — |
| 42% | REGGIE | 6 | Jackson who was on five World Series-winning teams in the 1970s |
| 40% | CUBA | 4 | Caribbean island whose team was runner-up in the 2006 World Baseball Classic |
| 38% | ROYAL | 5 | Any player on the 2015 World Series winning team |
| 37% | PHILLIES | 8 | MLB team who won the World Series in 1980 and 2008 |
| 37% | RYU | 3 | Main character in Capcom's Street Fighter series whose "special move" was the subject of a scientific work last year |
| 37% | THREE | 5 | Number of World Series wins for each of Chicago's teams |
| 37% | REDS | 4 | Cincinnati team with five World Series wins |
| 37% | SHEA | 4 | Where the 1986 World Series was won |
| 36% | REDS | 4 | Winning team in the "Black Sox Scandal" World Series |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose last letters are hidden in "Tehran" |
| 36% | METS | 4 | Baseball team whose home field is in Queens |
| 36% | BRAVES | 6 | Team that has won the World Series three times while based in three different cities |
| 36% | ASTRO | 5 | Winning player in the 2022 World Series |
| 35% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | Team with which 30-Across won the World Series in 2004: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GILHODGES | 9 | World Series-winning manager of the 1969 New York Mets who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | METS | 4 | New York team that won the World Series in 1969 and 1986 |
| 35% | TSAI | 4 | Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle" |
| 35% | BLUES | 5 | Hockey team whose home games are played in St. Louis |
| 35% | BLUES | 5 | NHL team whose home games are played in St. Louis |