| 100% | SAFIRE | 6 | "On Language" columnist William |
| 94% | SAFIRE | 6 | Columnist William who wrote "On Language" |
| 93% | SAFIRE | 6 | Longtime "On Language" columnist William |
| 72% | SAFIRE | 6 | "On Language" columnist |
| 54% | SHATNER | 7 | William on “Star Trek” |
| 54% | NAVI | 4 | Language spoken on Pandora |
| 54% | SPANISH | 7 | Language spoken on Telemundo |
| 54% | NORSE | 5 | Language on a longship |
| 52% | PHONICS | 7 | "Hooked on" language teaching method |
| 52% | RAPANUI | 7 | Language spoken on Easter Island |
| 51% | PETERSEN | 8 | William who plays Grissom on "CSI" |
| 51% | PETERSEN | 8 | William who played Gil on CSI |
| 51% | GREEK | 5 | Language found on the Rosetta Stone |
| 51% | SOMALI | 6 | Language on the Horn of Africa |
| 50% | NIM | 3 | ___ Chimpsky, subject of a seminal study on language acquisition |
| 49% | LATIN | 5 | Language on all current U.S. coins |
| 49% | LATIN | 5 | Language on U.S. currency besides English |
| 49% | CRESS | 5 | Williams who played Scooter on "Living Single" |
| 49% | ANSON | 5 | Williams who played Potsie on Happy Days |
| 49% | ESE | 3 | Suffix on many language names |
| 49% | JAVASCRIPT | 10 | *Programming language common on websites |
| 49% | ADA | 3 | Programming language based on Pascal |
| 49% | ANSON | 5 | ___ Williams, Potsie player on "Happy Days" |
| 49% | RACKET | 6 | Serena Williams' on-court weapon |
| 48% | ZULU | 4 | Last language alphabetically on Google Translate |
| 48% | CINDY | 5 | ___ Williams, player of Shirley on "Laverne & Shirley" |
| 48% | MAISIE | 6 | ___ Williams, Arya portrayer on "Game of Thrones" |
| 48% | LINGUIST | 8 | An authority on how languages work |
| 47% | DEMAREST | 8 | William who played Uncle Charley on "My Three Sons" |
| 47% | HARTNELL | 8 | William, first to play lead role on Doctor Who |