| 100% | TONKA | 5 | Toy truck maker that started as a gardening tools company, oddly enough |
| 39% | KIA | 3 | Automaker that started as a bicycle company |
| 33% | WAYMO | 5 | Self-driving car company that started as a Google project |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that started as a Hydrox knockoff |
| 32% | HASBRO | 6 | A toy company that makes G.I Joe and board games such as Monopoly |
| 31% | MEINEKE | 7 | Car care franchise that started as a muffler specialist |
| 31% | KIA | 3 | Korean automaker that started as a bicycle parts manufacturer |
| 31% | GOLD | 4 | ___ Bar, city in Washington that started as a prospectors camp |
| 30% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Music festival that started as a series called the Liberation Sessions |
| 30% | HOE | 3 | Gardening tool that has a blade |
| 30% | ESTD | 4 | Started, as a company (Abbr.) |
| 29% | DROPTHEMIC | 10 | New TBS celebrity competition series that started as a "Late Late Show" segment: 3 wds. |
| 29% | HOE | 3 | Gardening tool that might be stored near a rake |
| 29% | SPADE | 5 | Gardening tool that's also a playing card symbol |
| 28% | SHACK | 5 | Shake ___: fast casual restaurant chain that started as a hot dog stand in Madison Square Park in 2001 |
| 27% | WHAMO | 5 | Toy company that touts itself as the Fun Factory |
| 27% | ZUCCHINI | 8 | Fruit that starts with a Z, eaten as a vegetable |
| 26% | SEGA | 4 | Company begun as a maker of slot machines |
| 26% | MGM | 3 | Maker of movies that always get off to a roaring start? |
| 26% | TONKA | 5 | Toy truck maker |
| 26% | HESS | 4 | Toy truck maker |
| 26% | MATTEL | 6 | A toy company that produces Barbie and Hot Wheels toys, amongst others |
| 26% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that serves as a sex toy in a Lydia Davis story |
| 26% | DELL | 4 | Texas-based PC maker that started in a dorm room |
| 26% | DTS | 3 | American company which started as a competitor to Dolby: Abbr. |
| 25% | HESS | 4 | Toy truck maker around the holidays |
| 25% | HESS | 4 | Gas company that sells toy trucks |
| 25% | HESS | 4 | Gasoline company that sells toy trucks |
| 24% | OHIOART | 7 | Toy company that made Etch A Sketch a success |
| 24% | EBAY | 4 | Site that started as AuctionWeb |