| 100% | DEUSEX | 6 | __ machina, sudden happy ending in a book or film |
| 56% | CHARACTER | 9 | Person in a book or film |
| 48% | EXMACHINA | 9 | Deus __; unlikely resolution in a film or book |
| 47% | PLOTTWIST | 9 | Unexpected turn of events in a film or book |
| 45% | SCENE | 5 | Continuous action in a play, film, opera, or book |
| 44% | TITLE | 5 | Name of a book or film |
| 44% | EPILOG | 6 | Postscript in a book or play |
| 44% | SEQUEL | 6 | A book or film that continues an earlier story |
| 43% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller of a book or film |
| 42% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | Book or film about a person's life |
| 41% | STAMP | 5 | Item in a book, roll or pane |
| 41% | STORYLINE | 9 | The plot of a book or a film |
| 40% | ACTOR | 5 | Performer in a play or film |
| 40% | ACTING | 6 | Performing in a play or film |
| 40% | ACTED | 5 | Performed in a play or film |
| 39% | PLOTTWIST | 9 | Shock ending of a book or a movie |
| 39% | ACT | 3 | Perform in a film or play |
| 39% | ACTED | 5 | Performed in a film or play |
| 39% | ACTOR | 5 | Performer in a film or play |
| 39% | ROLE | 4 | Character in a film or TV show |
| 39% | STARRING | 8 | Featuring in a film or TV show |
| 38% | SAUTOIR | 7 | Long necklace ending in tassels or a pendant |
| 38% | ACT | 3 | Perform in a film or on a stage |
| 38% | BADDIE | 6 | Stereotypical villain in a comic book or cartoon |
| 38% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 38% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 38% | STARRING | 8 | __ role, lead character in a film or play |
| 38% | EDIT | 4 | Make cuts in a film or news story |
| 38% | OBAMA | 5 | First president whose name ends in a vowel other than E or Y |
| 38% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Device that creates plot, suspense in a film, book |