| 100% | ITHE | 4 | "___ Jury" (Spillane detective novel) |
| 67% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Spillane detective |
| 67% | EYETHEJURY | 10 | Classic 1947 detective novel |
| 65% | ITHE | 4 | "___ Jury" (Spillane novel) |
| 65% | MIKE | 4 | Spillane detective ___ Hammer |
| 61% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 60% | HAMMER | 6 | Mike —, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 59% | ITHE | 4 | Spillane's "_____ Jury" |
| 59% | ITHE | 4 | Spillane's "___ Jury" |
| 59% | ITHE | 4 | Spillane's "__ Jury" |
| 59% | ITHE | 4 | Spillane's ___ Jury |
| 59% | THESEVEN%SOLUTION | 17 | Best-selling 1974 detective novel |
| 59% | MYSTERY | 7 | A whodunit or detective novel |
| 59% | HARDEDGED | 9 | Like noir detective novels, typically |
| 59% | HARDY | 5 | Surname in classic detective novels |
| 57% | SAYERS | 6 | Dorothy L., writer of detective novels |
| 57% | SAWYER | 6 | "Tom ___, Detective" (1896 novel) |
| 56% | ORIENTEXPRESS | 13 | Train in an Agatha Christie detective novel |
| 56% | ASTA | 4 | Dog introduced in a 1930s detective novel |
| 56% | CASE | 4 | Word in many a detective novel title |
| 56% | ASTA | 4 | Dog introduced in a 1934 detective novel |
| 56% | AGATHA | 6 | ___ Christie, best known for her detective novels |
| 55% | MOONSTONE | 9 | Wilkie Collins's The __, the first detective novel |
| 54% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of Christie, writer of detective novels |
| 54% | SPENSER | 7 | Detective in Robert B. Parker novels |
| 54% | ENOLA | 5 | Detective Holmes of Nancy Springer novels |
| 53% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 53% | FERDELANCE | 10 | 1934 detective novel by Rex Stout featuring Nero Wolfe |
| 53% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |