| 100% | ALIVE | 5 | "Herman Wouk Is Still ___," short story by Stephen King that won the Bram Stoker Award in 2012 |
| 51% | OBITS | 5 | Horror short story by Stephen King that was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2016 |
| 46% | INN | 3 | "On Slide ___ Road," short story by Stephen King that was published in Esquire magazine in 2020 |
| 40% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 novel by Stephen King that won the British Fantasy Award |
| 38% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 37% | BLEEDS | 6 | "If It ___," collection of four novellas by Stephen King that was nominated for a Locus Award in 2021 |
| 34% | BRAM | 4 | ___ Stoker Award, prize won by Stephen King in 2000 |
| 33% | MRX | 3 | Peter Straub novel that won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award |
| 32% | EDGAR | 5 | Award won by Stephen King in 2015 |
| 32% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 31% | ROMA | 4 | 2018 film directed by the Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuaron that is set in Mexico city |
| 31% | OWN | 3 | "___ the Night," country album by Lady Antebellum that won a Grammy Award in 2012 |
| 30% | POLE | 4 | "The Captain of the ___-Star," short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that was published in the Temple Bar |
| 30% | SOUR | 4 | Album by Olivia Rodrigo that won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2022 |
| 30% | NEVER | 5 | "___ Be the Same," hit song by Camila Cabello that won an iHeartRadio award in 2019 |
| 29% | THEDUSTBOWL | 11 | 2012 documentary by 43-Across that was set in the 1930s: 3 wds. |
| 29% | MISERY | 6 | King novel that shared the first Bram Stoker Award (1987) |
| 29% | ACT | 3 | "The ___ of Killing," Academy Award-winning 2012 documentary film that was in production for 8 years |
| 29% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | Louise Erdrich novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (3 wds.) |
| 28% | WAS | 3 | Horse that won the Oaks in 2012 |
| 28% | HUGO | 4 | ___ Award, prize won by Stephen King in 1982 for his book "Danse Macabre" |
| 28% | BADGUY | 6 | 2019 song by Billie Eilish that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay twice, for "Get Out" and "Us": 2 wds. |
| 28% | PIXIE | 5 | Short, chic haircut, sported by Twiggy, that was popularized in the '50s |
| 28% | STEPHENKING | 11 | He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel six times, most recently for "Doctor Sleep": 2 wds. |
| 28% | SLEDGEHAMMER | 12 | Song that accounted for 9 of the 10 MTV Video Music Awards won by 17-Across in 1987 |
| 28% | NAIR | 4 | Company that in 1975, debuted the "Short Shorts" advertising campaign which went on to win a Clio Award |
| 28% | BOB | 3 | Short and sleek haircut, sported by Anna Wintour, that was popularized in the '20s |
| 28% | JKROWLING | 9 | She won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers twice, for "Harry Potter" books: 3 wds. |