| 100% | EBONY | 5 | ___ Awards (annual prizes for African-American achievement) |
| 64% | BETAWARDS | 9 | Annual honors celebrating African American achievement |
| 59% | ESPY | 4 | Annual award for athletic achievement |
| 58% | ABEL | 4 | ___ Prize, annual international award for mathematics |
| 58% | STIRLING | 8 | __ Prize, annual British award for architecture |
| 55% | TWAIN | 5 | Eponym for an annual prize for American humor |
| 54% | BUNCHE | 6 | Ralph who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 54% | DEMILLE | 7 | Eponym of an annual Golden Globe award for lifetime achievement |
| 53% | NEBULA | 6 | ___ Awards (annual prizes for science fiction and fantasy) |
| 51% | THOMGUNNAWARD | 13 | Annual prize for gay male poetry |
| 51% | ROSS | 4 | Diana ___, American singer who won a Grammy for lifetime achievement award in 2012 |
| 49% | SCHNEIDER | 9 | __ Trophy, annual prize for seaplane races |
| 49% | JHERICURL | 9 | 80s perm style for African American men |
| 48% | HENRY | 5 | O. ___ Award, an annual American award for short stories which is named after writer William Sydney Porter |
| 47% | HUMOR | 5 | Mark Twain Prize for American ___ |
| 46% | KWANZAA | 7 | Annual celebration of African American culture |
| 46% | ESPYS | 5 | Annual awards for athletes |
| 46% | ESPY | 4 | Award for athletic achievement |
| 46% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards for athletic achievements |
| 46% | PRITZKERPRIZE | 13 | Annual award for architects |
| 46% | ESPY | 4 | Annual award for athletes |
| 45% | POC | 3 | African American or Asian American, e.g., for short |
| 45% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | African-American sci-fi novelist who won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel (3 wds.) |
| 45% | EMMYS | 5 | Annual awards for TV shows |
| 45% | AGATHA | 6 | Annual award for mystery writers |
| 45% | ESPY | 4 | Annual award for "Best Upset" |
| 45% | ESPY | 4 | Annual TV award for athletes |
| 45% | PULITZER | 8 | Prize awarded for outstanding writing |
| 44% | LENO | 4 | 2014 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recipient |
| 44% | TOMLIN | 6 | 2003 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winner |