| 100% | TEENAGE | 7 | "I Was a ______ Werewolf" (1957 flick) |
| 80% | LANDON | 6 | "I Was a Teen-Age Werewolf" star, 1957 |
| 60% | LAD | 3 | "When I was a ___ ..." |
| 59% | ONCE | 4 | "When I was a lad ..." |
| 58% | DARIN | 5 | "If I Were a Carpenter" singer |
| 58% | BOY | 3 | "If I Were a ___" (Beyoncé song) |
| 57% | LITTLEBOY | 9 | "When I was a ___ ..." (storyteller's start) |
| 57% | TEVYE | 5 | "If I Were a Rich Man" singer |
| 56% | MAAM | 4 | "Today I Am a ___" (2001 Valerie Harper book) |
| 55% | AMAL | 4 | I am a human rights lawyer married to a Hollywood actor |
| 55% | ODDSARE | 7 | "If I were a betting person, I'd say ..." |
| 55% | IMNO | 4 | "___ genius, but I am a decent coder.": 2 wds. |
| 52% | IVENEVERTRIEDIT | 15 | "This would be a first for me" |
| 52% | ILLNESS | 7 | Complaint I will bring to a head |
| 52% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 52% | MOO | 3 | "Why, yes, I am, in fact, a cow" |
| 50% | ICETEA | 6 | My fave movie drink (since sodas have become molasses since I was a kid) |
| 50% | COULDA | 6 | "I ___ been a contender!" |
| 50% | YSER | 4 | Belgian river that was a W.W. I battle line |
| 49% | REPTILIAN | 9 | I learn tip about being like a snake |
| 49% | SIMONE | 6 | I was a part of the "Final Five" at the 2016 Olympics and won four gold medals |
| 49% | BIN | 3 | What a "Use Me" generally is |
| 49% | BERLIN | 6 | "I Am a Camera" setting |
| 49% | YELLER | 6 | Old __ is a 1957 movie about a boy and his dog |
| 49% | LOSS | 4 | "After his fantastic speech, I was at a ___ for words." (speechless) |
| 49% | ASH | 3 | It may be cast in a flick |
| 48% | ANDYWARHOL | 10 | "I am a deeply superficial person" |
| 48% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer who was a German spy during World War I: 2 wds. |
| 48% | FRANK | 5 | American poet ___ O'Hara who authored "Why I Am Not A Painter" |
| 48% | ERE | 3 | “How long will a man lie i’ the earth ___ he rot?”: “Hamlet” |