| 100% | APTTO | 5 | "The larger crimes are ___ be the simpler": Sherlock Holmes |
| 52% | MORIARTY | 8 | Sherlock Holmes' adversary, the Napoleon of Crime |
| 50% | BLUE | 4 | "The Adventure of the ___ Carbuncle," Sherlock Holmes story that is set around Christmas |
| 49% | KUDO | 4 | Jimmy ___, character from the manga series "Case Closed" who was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 49% | HERLOCK | 7 | ___ Sholmes, character from the video game "Ace Attorney" who was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 49% | ADLER | 5 | Irene who was the only woman to outwit Sherlock Holmes |
| 48% | IRENE | 5 | The "she" in the line "To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman" |
| 48% | JANE | 4 | Patrick ___, protagonist of the drama "The Mentalist" who was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 48% | MONK | 4 | 2002 comedy-drama where the titular character Adrian, a private detective, was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 47% | AFOOT | 5 | "The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes |
| 47% | AFOOT | 5 | "The game is __": Sherlock Holmes |
| 45% | IRENE | 5 | ___ Adler, iconic character from the Sherlock Holmes stories who was played by Lara Pulver on screen |
| 44% | PIKE | 4 | Langdale ___, gossipmonger in the Sherlock Holmes stories who is introduced in "The Adventure of the Three Gables" |
| 44% | MARY | 4 | ___ Morstan, Watson's wife in the Sherlock Holmes stories who was played by Amanda Abbington on screen |
| 44% | APE | 3 | The largest arboreal animal is one |
| 43% | TRUTH | 5 | "... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ___," famous quote by Sherlock Holmes |
| 42% | APE | 3 | What the largest arboreal animal is |
| 42% | HEIST | 5 | Crime is the problem |
| 42% | LEEMILLER | 9 | Jonny ___ - whose birthday it is today - the actor who portrays Sherlock Holmes on the hit TV series "Elementary": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASIANS | 6 | People from the largest continent are called __ |
| 41% | PIPESMOKERS | 11 | Sherlock Holmes and the like |
| 41% | PENINSULA | 9 | The arabian is the largest |
| 41% | OMAHA | 5 | Largest city in the state where Lincoln is the capital |
| 41% | PRIME | 5 | The largest known one is 23,249,425 digits long |
| 41% | PRIME | 5 | The largest known one is 2^(82,589,933) - 1 |
| 41% | SCARLET | 7 | A Study in __, the first Sherlock Holmes account |
| 41% | SISTERS | 7 | Seven __. As the largest oil companies were known |
| 41% | HERON | 5 | Bird whose largest species is called the Goliath |
| 41% | DET | 3 | Sherlock Holmes was one, for short |
| 41% | LIZARD | 6 | The Komodo dragon is the largest |