| 100% | YTTERBY | 7 | Village in Vaxholm, Sweden; site of a quarry noted for its rare earth minerals |
| 36% | NASEBY | 6 | Village in Northamptonshire; site of a 1645 victory for Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War |
| 31% | TYBURN | 6 | Village in Middlesex noted, until 1783, for its public executions |
| 30% | MALHAM | 6 | Village in North Yorkshire north-west of Ilkley noted for — Tarn and — Cove |
| 30% | BORSTAL | 7 | Village in Kent after which a type of institution for young offenders was named |
| 29% | DELPHI | 6 | Site of a noted oracle |
| 29% | AGRA | 4 | Site of a noted mausoleum |
| 29% | TYUYAMUNITE | 11 | Rare uranium mineral named after its place of origin in the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan |
| 28% | ABBOTS | 6 | & 15D Staffordshire village noted for its annual Horn Dance in September |
| 28% | DOG | 3 | "___ days," idiom for hottest days of summer with a canine in it |
| 28% | JAVA | 4 | Site of a noted fossil find |
| 28% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Site of a noted flag-raising |
| 28% | IONIA | 5 | Site of a noted ancient league |
| 28% | PANAMA | 6 | Site of a noted 1-Down |
| 28% | STDENIS | 7 | Site of a noted Parisian basilica |
| 28% | PISA | 4 | Site of a noted bell tower |
| 28% | FURNACE | 7 | Site of a miracle in Daniel 3 |
| 28% | XXXX | 4 | Site of a tower finished in 1372 |
| 27% | PISA | 4 | Site of a famous tilt in European history |
| 27% | APSE | 4 | Site of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia |
| 27% | ALAMO | 5 | Site of a historic 1836 battle in Texas |
| 27% | SOWETO | 6 | Site of a 1976 uprising in South Africa |
| 27% | ASTEROID | 8 | It causes the end of the world in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" |
| 27% | COTANGENT | 9 | For the smallest angle in a 30°−60°−90° triangle, it's the square root of three |
| 27% | GREENGIANT | 10 | Brand with a fifty-five-foot-tall statue of its mascot in Blue Earth, Minnesota |
| 27% | CRATEDIG | 8 | Shop for rare recordings in secondhand stores (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 27% | BAYOFPIGS | 9 | Site of a failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 |
| 27% | DMZ | 3 | Site of a recent Trump/Kim meeting, for short |
| 27% | APSE | 4 | Site of a bishop's seat in early churches |