| 100% | JOANN | 5 | Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter |
| 61% | AMY | 3 | Girl's name that becomes a different girl's name if you switch the first two letters |
| 56% | RONA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you switch the first and third letters |
| 55% | EMIL | 4 | Man's name that becomes a distance if you move the first letter to the end |
| 53% | GABOR | 5 | Last name in old Hollywood that becomes another last name in old Hollywood if you move the last letter to the middle |
| 53% | ALAN | 4 | Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end |
| 53% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a popular toy brand if you move the first letter to the end |
| 53% | ENOS | 4 | Biblical man's name that becomes a body part if you move the first letter to the end |
| 53% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 52% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 50% | IHOP | 4 | Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end |
| 49% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 48% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that becomes a country if you stick a Q on the end |
| 48% | SRI | 3 | Foreign title that becomes its English equivalent if you switch the last two letters |
| 47% | LANA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a boy's name when the last letter moves to the start |
| 47% | NEVILLE | 7 | Name that, if you pronounce the first two letters individually, sounds like a synonym for 22 Across |
| 46% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 45% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 45% | RAMI | 4 | Name that becomes another name if you move the first letter to the end |
| 45% | NIGEL | 5 | Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter |
| 45% | LEMONDE | 7 | Newspaper name that becomes a beverage if you insert an "a" after its fifth letter |
| 45% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 45% | STEVE | 5 | First name that becomes a last name if you insert it into E-Z |
| 44% | MESA | 4 | U.S. city that becomes another U.S. city if you move the last letter to the front |
| 43% | ETSY | 4 | Website that becomes a name if you add a B at the beginning |
| 43% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 43% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 43% | EMIL | 4 | Man's name that becomes a measurement when one letter is moved |
| 43% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |