| 100% | SHIVERING | 9 | "The ___," short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 89% | TREE | 4 | "The ___ in Grandma's Garden," short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 69% | NECK | 4 | "The Thing Around Your ___," 2009 short stories collection by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 66% | HIBISCUS | 8 | "Purple ___," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize |
| 66% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 64% | NECK | 4 | "The Thing Around Your ___" (story collection by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) |
| 63% | OFA | 3 | "Half ___ Yellow Sun," novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 56% | SELFISH | 7 | Short story by Oscar Wilde: The __ Giant |
| 50% | TEDTALKS | 8 | Brené Brown, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and the founder of 21-Across gave popular ones |
| 48% | LOT | 3 | "___ No. 249," gothic horror short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that influenced the Mummy horror genre |
| 48% | MACHINE | 7 | "The ___ Stops," short story by E.M. Forster that predicted technologies like the Internet |
| 48% | THEPITANDTHE | 12 | & 1D 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 |
| 48% | ALIVE | 5 | "Herman Wouk Is Still ___," short story by Stephen King that won the Bram Stoker Award in 2012 |
| 47% | TIKKI | 5 | "Rikki-___-Tavi," short story by Rudyard Kipling from 8a which is about the adventures of an Indian mongoose |
| 47% | MORAL | 5 | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family |
| 46% | ESME | 4 | Short story by Saki |
| 46% | NIGERIAN | 8 | Nationality of Sade and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 45% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Convertible," 1974 short story by Louise Erdrich |
| 45% | PAW | 3 | "The Monkey's ___," short story by W.W. Jacobs |
| 45% | GARDENPARTY | 11 | The —, 1922 short story collection by Katherine Mansfield |
| 44% | NIGERIA | 7 | Birthplace of “Americanah” author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | Short story collection by Frank Herbert ('85) which includes "The Road to Dune", a guidebook for pilgrims to the planet Arrakis |
| 43% | FINAL | 5 | "The ___ Problem," Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 43% | DISASTERAREA | 12 | The —, 1967 volume of short stories by J G Ballard |
| 43% | FLYINGGOAT | 10 | The —, 1939 volume of short stories by H E Bates |