| 100% | HILO | 4 | U.S. city whose name looks oxymoronic |
| 78% | HILO | 4 | U.S. city whose name looks like a form of poker |
| 62% | WACO | 4 | U.S. city whose name is composed of two state abbreviations |
| 61% | LIMAOHIO | 8 | U.S. city whose name is pronounced differently from its foreign namesake |
| 60% | MIAMI | 5 | City whose name looks like it could mean "my friend" |
| 56% | TEMPE | 5 | U.S. city whose name becomes another city's name if you change both its vowels to A's |
| 56% | WACO | 4 | U.S. radio station whose call letters spell the name of its city |
| 48% | HILO | 4 | Hawaiian city whose name starts with Hawaii’s postal abbreviation |
| 48% | ENID | 4 | U.S. city named for a Tennyson character |
| 48% | ITHACA | 6 | U.S. city named after a Greek island |
| 48% | ATHENSOHIO | 10 | U.S. city named for a European capital |
| 47% | SELMA | 5 | U.S. city that's a girl's name |
| 47% | ESSEN | 5 | City whose name means "eat" |
| 47% | HILO | 4 | City whose state's postal code is half its name |
| 46% | NAPPA | 5 | Soft leather made from sheep, kid or lambskin whose name derives from a city in California, US |
| 46% | TOKYO | 5 | City whose name means "eastern capital" |
| 46% | TELAVIV | 7 | City whose name means "spring hill" |
| 46% | SEOUL | 5 | City whose name sounds like a fish |
| 46% | PLANO | 5 | City whose name is Spanish for "flat" |
| 46% | RENO | 4 | City whose name, appropriately, rhymes with "casino" |
| 46% | OREL | 4 | City whose name means "eagle" in Russian |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | U.S. president whose mother's first name was Stanley |
| 45% | TOMKITE | 7 | U.S. Open champion whose last name is a toy |
| 45% | TRANSAM | 7 | Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip |
| 45% | FRESNO | 6 | City whose name is Spanish for "ash tree" |
| 45% | TULSA | 5 | City whose name means "old town" in Creek |
| 45% | OJAI | 4 | City whose name sounds like a surprised greeting |
| 45% | LASVEGAS | 8 | City whose name is Spanish for "the meadows" |
| 45% | XENIA | 5 | Midwest city whose name means "hospitality" |
| 45% | TYRE | 4 | Ancient city whose name means "rock" |