| YAOMING | Basketball star who visited Taiwan in 2007 |
| CONSTANCEWU | "Fresh Off the Boat" star who visited Taiwan in 2016 to shoot the show's third-season premiere |
| NANCYPELOSI | American political leader who visited Taiwan on Aug. 2, the highest-ranking U.S. official to do so in decades |
| JASONKELCE | Taylor Swift-adjacent, recently-retired NFL star who visited the U.S. Olympic Women's Rugby team in their locker room after their victory over Brazil on Sunday |
| BRYANT | US basketball star who died in a helicopter crash in 2020. (6) |
| LEBRONJAMES | Basketball star who played himself in "Trainwreck": 2 wds. |
| MICHELLEAKERS | USWNT soccer player who scored five goals in a single game against Taiwan in 1991: 2 wds. |
| HONNOLD | Alex ___, climber who completed a free solo ascent of a skyscraper in Taiwan in 2026 (7) |
| KOBE | - Bryant, basketball star who played for the LA Lakers (4) |
| ONEAL | Basketball star who co-hosts the ABC game show "Lucky 13" |
| ACER | Stan Shih founded which computer company in Taiwan in 1976? (4) |
| SHAQUILLEONEAL | Basketball star who hit the Top 40 with "What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock?)" |
| SUEBIRD | Basketball star who forms half of a sports power couple with soccer player Megan Rapinoe: 2 wds. |
| BOBA | Variety of cold tea containing balls of pearl tapioca, originating in Taiwan in the 1980s (4) |
| CELINEDION | This singer played shows in Taiwan in 2018 alongside Taiwanese-American cellist Judy Kang |
| NINJA | Killer, from Taiwan, in Japan |
| ASIANTIGER | Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, or Taiwan, in economic slang |
| LEDA | In Greek mythology, a queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen and Pollux by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan |
| BAUTISTA | An explorer who visited the IV in 1776 |
| DEANZA | An explorer who visited the IV in 1776 |
