| 100% | MSPACMAN | 8 | 1980s arcade game featuring a yellow character with a bow: 2 wds. |
| 50% | Q*BERT | 6 | 1980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character |
| 48% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PAC | 3 | "___-Man" (arcade game with a yellow character) |
| 44% | SUBWAYSURFERS | 13 | Endless runner mobile game featuring a graffiti artist named Jake as the starter character: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PRINCESSPEACH | 13 | Royal character in the Super Mario games who wears a pink dress with a gold crown: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PACMAN | 6 | Arcade game with a yellow smiley eating dots |
| 41% | JRPACMAN | 8 | 1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie |
| 41% | CASHCAB | 7 | Game show with a taxi: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JUDYJETSON | 10 | Cartoon character with a black hair bow who attends Orbit High School (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MAGGIESIMPSON | 13 | Cartoon character with a blue hair bow whose long-running series debuted in 1989 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | OCTOPUSSGARDEN | 14 | Beatles song title featuring a marine animal with eight arms: 2 wds. |
| 40% | FLICKY | 6 | 1984 arcade game with a blue bird character |
| 39% | FIONACOYNE | 10 | 50-Across character with a drinking problem: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Cartoon character with a red hair bow who was appointed a children's ambassador by UNICEF (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JRPACMAN | 8 | Arcade game character with a propeller beanie |
| 38% | QBERT | 5 | Cube-hopping character in a 1980s arcade game |
| 38% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden feature in a video game: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TVGUIDE | 7 | Magazine with a "Cheers & Jeers" feature: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PUNKYBREWSTER | 13 | 2021 Peacock reboot of a 1980s sitcom that featured a grown-up Soleil Moon Frye: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HANNAHMONTANA | 13 | Miley Cyrus's former Disney Channel character with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ISPY | 4 | "___ with my little eye ..." (words in a children's game): 2 wds. |
| 37% | MUPPETBABIES | 12 | Animated prequel featuring Jim Henson characters in a nursery (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BEERPONG | 8 | Drinking game played with a small ball: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ISPY | 4 | Kids' observation game with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PAC | 3 | ___-Man (1980s arcade game with a maze) |
| 37% | SILVERSPOONS | 12 | 1980s Ricky Schroder sitcom about a wealthy businessman reunited with his son: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHUNCLE | 9 | With 35-Across, wealthy character from the board game Monopoly: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GIJOE | 5 | Military action figure featured in a 1980s cartoon: 2 wds. |