| 100% | STOLI | 5 | Vodka brand that shed its longer, Russian name in opposition to the invasion of Ukraine |
| 40% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that used to have "Oil of" in front of its name |
| 38% | POPOV | 5 | Vodka brand that, despite its name, is not Russian |
| 37% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 35% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 34% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that dropped "Oil of" from its name in 1999 |
| 34% | AOL | 3 | ISP that dropped the long form of its name in 2006 |
| 33% | EGGCREAM | 8 | Soda fountain treat that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 33% | IPA | 3 | Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its name |
| 33% | FANNYPACK | 9 | Bag that may be worn over the shoulder, in spite of its name |
| 33% | WWE | 3 | Org. that replaced the “F” in its name because of a legal dispute |
| 32% | SELFIE | 6 | Picture type that Oxford Dictionaries named its "Word of the Year" in 2013 |
| 32% | SUN | 3 | Giant ball of fire in the center of our Solar System that lent its name to the noble gas, Helium |
| 32% | EARTH | 5 | "Journey to the Center of the ___," Jules Verne novel that features our planet in its title |
| 32% | ICETEA | 6 | Long Island drink that doesn't have any of the stuff after which it's named |
| 32% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 32% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 32% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 32% | IVORY | 5 | Brand of soap flakes that was often used in the 1920s to make fake snow for Christmas decorations |
| 32% | HBOMAX | 6 | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| 32% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 31% | INDUS | 5 | River that lends its name to the second most populous country in the world |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 31% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 31% | BURN | 4 | "We'll ___ that bridge when we get to it," example of 50a that predicts a mess in the future |
| 30% | IVAN | 4 | Russian name that's the equivalent of "John" |
| 30% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 30% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 30% | EFI | 3 | U of Chicago org. devoted to interdisciplinary research in the sciences, named after one of its Nobel winning laureates (abbr.) |
| 30% | OOPS | 4 | "___!... I Did It Again," title track from Britney Spears' album of the same name that celebrates 25 years in 2025 |