| 100% | LEAVE | 5 | "___ the World Behind" (Rumaan Alam novel) |
| 52% | ALAM | 4 | Author of Leave the World Behind |
| 52% | JULIA | 5 | "Leave the World Behind" star Roberts |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | "Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala |
| 52% | ROBERTS | 7 | Julia of "Leave the World Behind" |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | "Leave the World Behind" star Mahershala |
| 49% | GARP | 4 | The World According to __, John Irving novel |
| 49% | WAROF | 5 | "___ the Worlds" (H.G. Wells novel) |
| 47% | KEVINBACON | 10 | "Footloose" actor who plays Danny in "Leave the World Behind": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SHANGHAI | 8 | The world's third-largest city, behind Tokyo and Delhi |
| 47% | DAYS | 4 | "Around the World in Eighty ___," Jules Verne novel |
| 46% | JULIAROBERTS | 12 | "Pretty Woman" actress who plays Amanda in "Leave the World Behind": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOFIA | 5 | World capital once behind the Iron Curtain |
| 46% | WAROF | 5 | "The — the Worlds" (H.G. Wells novel) |
| 45% | ETHANHAWKE | 10 | "Boyhood" actor who plays Clay in Netflix's "Leave the World Behind": 2 wds. |
| 44% | EMUS | 4 | Australian birds that are the world's second tallest, behind ostriches |
| 44% | WAROF | 5 | "The ___ the Worlds" (H.G. Wells novel): 2 wds. |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | "The ___ of the Worlds," H.G. Wells novel |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | "The ___ of the Worlds" (H.G. Wells novel) |
| 44% | SPIN | 4 | "Let the Great World ___" (Colum McCann novel) |
| 43% | HOLE | 4 | Grunge rock band behind the hit "Miss World" |
| 42% | EIGHTY | 6 | "Around the World in ___ Days," adventure novel by Jules Verne |
| 42% | AFAREWELLTOARMS | 15 | Ernest Hemingway novel set during the First World War |
| 41% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 41% | MAP | 3 | "A ___ of the World" (Jane Hamilton novel) |
| 40% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 40% | AMAP | 4 | "___ of the World" (Jane Hamilton novel) (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WONG | 4 | "The World of Suzie ___" (1957 novel) |
| 40% | THEEAGLEHAS | 11 | & 17D 1975 novel by Jack Higgins set during the Second World War |
| 40% | GISSING | 7 | George —, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |