| 100% | MINKA | 5 | ___ Kelly, "Friday Night Lights" actress who took classes at the New School of Cooking |
| 45% | BANKS | 5 | Tyra ___, "Life-Size" actress who took classes at The Culinary Institute of America |
| 42% | BEN | 3 | ___ Higgins, "The Bachelor" participant who took a private class at the Cook Street School of Culinary Art |
| 36% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TAYLORKITSCH | 12 | "Friday Night Lights" actor who plays Paul Woodrugh on the latest season of "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MOLLYSHANNON | 12 | "Saturday Night Live" actress who will be honored in the Hollywood Walk of Fame's Class of 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| 32% | NEVE | 4 | ___ Campbell, "Scream" actress who attended the National Ballet School of Canada |
| 32% | AIMEE | 5 | Friday Night Lights actress Teegarden |
| 31% | MOONBEAM | 8 | Ray of light from the sky at night |
| 30% | CONNIEBRITTON | 13 | "Friday Night Lights" actress who played country singer Rayna Jaymes on "Nashville" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CUMMINS | 7 | Peggy —, Welsh actress who played Joanna Harrington in 1957 horror film Night of the Demon |
| 30% | DREW | 4 | ___ Barrymore, "Poison Ivy" actress who enrolled in classes at the Culinary Institute of America |
| 30% | THORNTON | 8 | Star of the film Friday Night Lights: Billy Bob __ |
| 30% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won her second Oscar, for 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs," at age 29: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RUBYROSE | 8 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who left Twitter in 2018 because of online abuse: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GIGWORKER | 9 | Person who takes temporary jobs in the service sector (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 30% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "The Mask" actress who starred in the 2002 movie "Gangs of New York": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | Actress who was the youngest host of "Saturday Night Live," and the only woman to host six times (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ALEVEL | 6 | British exam taken at the end of secondary school |
| 29% | CCHPOUNDER | 10 | "NCIS: New Orleans" actress who plays Mo'at in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LAURENGRAHAM | 12 | "Gilmore Girls" actress who will be honored in the Hollywood Walk of Fame's Class of 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | HOLLANDTAYLOR | 13 | "Two and a Half Men" actress who came out of the closet in 2015 at age 72: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AIMEE | 5 | Actress Teegarden of "Friday Night Lights" |
| 28% | JANEFONDA | 9 | Actress who's costarred with Robert Redford four times in the past 50 years, most recently in "Our Souls at Night": 2 wds. |
| 28% | CCHPOUNDER | 10 | "NCIS: New Orleans" actress who plays Neytiri's mother Mo'at in "Avatar: The Way of Water": 4 wds. |
| 28% | FRANDRESCHER | 12 | "The Nanny" actress who will be honored in the Hollywood Walk of Fame's Class of 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ARDERN | 6 | Jacinda ___, New Zealand prime minister who, at 37, was the world's youngest female head of government |
| 28% | DASCHAPOLANCA | 13 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who plays Charlie's friend Natalie, whose murder starts the story of "Poker Face" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ADRIANNE | 8 | Actress Palicki of “Friday Night Lights” |