| 100% | SHERLOCK | 8 | __ Holmes, fiction character |
| 65% | IRENE | 5 | Adler in Sherlock Holmes fiction |
| 64% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Holmes of fiction |
| 59% | IRENE | 5 | Sherlock Holmes character ___ Adler |
| 58% | ENOLA | 5 | ___ Holmes, sleuth in young-adult fiction |
| 57% | MIA | 3 | ___ Wallace, character from "Pulp Fiction" |
| 57% | IRENE | 5 | "Sherlock Holmes" character ___ Adler |
| 56% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character in YA fiction |
| 56% | FAN | 3 | ___ fiction (amateur-penned stories about popular characters) |
| 55% | ENOLA | 5 | ___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown |
| 54% | AHAB | 4 | "Grand, ungodly, god-like" character of fiction |
| 54% | GAY | 3 | Like many characters in queer fan fiction |
| 53% | JULES | 5 | Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Pulp Fiction" |
| 53% | SHERLOCK | 8 | __ Holmes, character by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 51% | LONDON | 6 | European capital where the fictional character Sherlock Holmes resided |
| 50% | ANNO | 4 | "___ Dracula," alternate history novel where Sherlock Holmes is a character |
| 48% | EPICNOVEL | 9 | Work of fiction with many characters and story lines: 2 wds. |
| 45% | INSPECTORBUCKET | 15 | “Bleak House” character who was one of the first detectives in English fiction |
| 43% | KATIE | 5 | First name for both, actress Holmes and her character Burke from the movie "Abandon" |
| 43% | KUDO | 4 | Jimmy ___, character from the manga series "Case Closed" who was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 43% | HERLOCK | 7 | ___ Sholmes, character from the video game "Ace Attorney" who was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 43% | HERO | 4 | Character with character |
| 43% | EMOJI | 5 | Character with character |
| 42% | IRENEADLER | 10 | Holmes character created by Arthur Conan Doyle who may be modeled after Lillie Langtry or Lola Montez |
| 42% | BELL | 4 | Joseph ___, surgeon whom Arthur Conan Doyle cites as inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes |
| 40% | IRENE | 5 | ___ Adler, iconic character from the Sherlock Holmes stories who was played by Lara Pulver on screen |
| 40% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 40% | MOST | 4 | "___ portrayed literary human character in film & TV," Guinness World Record awarded to Sherlock Holmes in 2012 |
| 40% | MONK | 4 | 2002 comedy-drama where the titular character Adrian, a private detective, was based on Sherlock Holmes |
| 40% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Schulman, actress who played the character of Harriet Brindle in the science fiction sitcom "Small Wonder" |