| 100% | TERRENCE | 8 | __ Howard of Hustle & Flow and Empire |
| 51% | NEAL | 4 | Elise of Money Talks and Hustle & Flow |
| 45% | TIDAL | 5 | Of ebb and flow |
| 44% | RONS | 4 | Howard of film and Weasley of fiction, for two |
| 44% | JGBALLARD | 9 | Crash and Empire of the Sun author |
| 43% | STERNS | 6 | Howard of Sirius XM and jazz guitarist Mike |
| 43% | DEVOTO | 6 | Howard, member of Buzzcocks and Magazine |
| 42% | EBB | 3 | ___ and flow (movements of the tide) |
| 41% | FINE | 4 | Comedy cohort of Howard and Howard |
| 41% | AMYADAMS | 8 | Star of Enchanted and American Hustle |
| 41% | VANMCCOY | 8 | Musician and producer of The Hustle |
| 41% | WHITAKER | 8 | Forest __ of Empire and Black Panther |
| 41% | TIDE | 4 | Ebb and flow of the ocean |
| 41% | SPRING | 6 | Howard —, author of novels Rachel Rosing and Shabby Tiger |
| 40% | HONOURS | 7 | Order of the British Empire and others |
| 40% | BALKANWAR | 9 | Ottoman Empire conflict of 1912 and 1913 |
| 40% | ROMAN | 5 | "The Decline and Fall of the ___ Empire" |
| 40% | RONS | 4 | Weasley and Howard of Hogwarts |
| 40% | AUGUSTUS | 8 | Founder and first emperor of the Roman empire |
| 40% | TIDAL | 5 | Relating to the ebb and flow of water |
| 40% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer of Orinoco Flow and Only Time |
| 40% | RHONE | 5 | River flowing into and out of Lake Geneva |
| 39% | TIM | 3 | Goalie Howard of U.S.A.'s 2010 and '14 World Cup teams |
| 39% | FORSTER | 7 | Author of Howard's End and Maurice, E. M. __ |
| 39% | TIDAL | 5 | Relating to the ebb and flow of the ocean |
| 39% | BALE | 4 | Christian of "American Psycho" and "American Hustle" |
| 38% | BRENTON | 7 | Howard —, author of stage plays Christie in Love and The Churchill Play |
| 38% | EMFORSTER | 9 | Author of Howards End and A Room With A View |
| 38% | RAJ | 3 | TV pal of Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard |
| 38% | RAJ | 3 | TV chum of Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard |