| 100% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 55% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 54% | URSI | 4 | Abbreviation for the French name of the International Union of Radio Science |
| 54% | VIRGINIA | 8 | First name of To the Lighthouse author Woolf |
| 54% | SYLVIA | 6 | First name of Plath, author of The Bell Jar |
| 54% | HONORE | 6 | First name of the author of “La Comédie Humaine” |
| 54% | ROALD | 5 | First name of the author that Patricia Neal married |
| 54% | GRETA | 5 | First name of the founder of Fridays for Future |
| 54% | ALEXANDRIA | 10 | First name of the current Representative for Rikers Island |
| 53% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the first Oscar winner for Best Actor |
| 53% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 53% | SOLOMON | 7 | First name of the author of “Twelve Years a Slave” |
| 53% | ELIE | 4 | First name of the author of A Journey Into Faith |
| 52% | TONI | 4 | First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club |
| 52% | AMAL | 4 | First name of one co-founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice |
| 51% | TORI | 4 | First name of the author of the celebrity memoir "Spelling It Like It Is" |
| 50% | ERLE | 4 | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| 50% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |
| 50% | OUGHTS | 6 | Possible name for the first decade of the century |
| 50% | CYNDI | 5 | First name of the well-known singer who was musical director for the film "The Goonies" |
| 49% | DAN | 3 | First name of "The Da Vinci Code" author |
| 48% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the very first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1929 |
| 48% | APP | 3 | A short name for the first course of a meal |
| 47% | CHARLES | 7 | First name of authors Kingsley and Dickens |
| 47% | WILLIAM | 7 | The first name of Shakespeare and Shatner |
| 47% | EVA | 3 | The first name of __ Peron, Mendes, Green |
| 47% | LEWIS | 5 | The first name of Hamilton, Capaldi, Caroll |
| 47% | ELIJAH | 6 | The first name of the Frodo Baggins actor |
| 47% | CHARLES | 7 | The first name of the original Ponzi schemer |
| 47% | JOAN | 4 | The first name of war hero, __ of Arc |