| 100% | EVES | 4 | ''. . . seven Christmas __ ago'': Dickens |
| 46% | APRIL | 5 | Seven months ago |
| 43% | CHARLES | 7 | Dickens who wrote "A Christmas Carol" |
| 43% | CAROL | 5 | Dickens' novel that starts A Christmas |
| 40% | SWANS | 5 | Seven birds in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 40% | CAROL | 5 | "A Christmas ___," novella by Charles Dickens |
| 40% | GHOST | 5 | ___ of Christmas Past, Dickens' character |
| 40% | CAROL | 5 | "A Christmas ___," Charles Dickens work |
| 39% | SCROOGE | 7 | Central character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| 39% | TINYTIM | 7 | Sickly child in Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| 38% | SCROOGE | 7 | The famous miser in Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| 38% | DEADASADOORNAIL | 15 | How Dickens describes Marley in "A Christmas Carol" |
| 38% | GONZO | 5 | Portrayer of Dickens in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" |
| 34% | SCROOGED | 8 | 1988 Bill Murray comedy inspired by Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" |
| 34% | BOBCRATCHIT | 11 | Employee of Scrooge in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| 34% | GONZO | 5 | Blue Muppet who portrays Charles Dickens in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" |
| 34% | SCROOGE | 7 | He hates Christmas in Dickens' classic book |
| 34% | AND | 3 | "Four score __ seven years ago..." |
| 33% | EBENEZER | 8 | & 8A Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| 33% | THEBATTLE | 9 | & 21A 1846 Christmas novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Doctor Jeddler |
| 32% | SCORE | 5 | "Four ___ and seven years ago ..." |
| 32% | THEGREATGONZO | 13 | Blue Muppet who plays Charles Dickens in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | JACOBMARLEY | 11 | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| 30% | CAROL | 5 | "A Christmas ___," timeless classic novella by Charles Dickens about an elderly miser named Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 30% | CAROL | 5 | "A Christmas ___," 1843 novella by Charles Dickens whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 30% | SWANS | 5 | "On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, seven ___ a-swimming" |
| 29% | FEZZIWIG | 8 | Mr —, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice |
| 28% | EARLIER | 7 | Ago |
| 28% | PAST | 4 | Ago |