| 100% | BEAU | 4 | Actor Bridges whose first name can mean "boyfriend" |
| 74% | BEAU | 4 | Actor Bridges whose first name means "handsome" in French |
| 57% | RIP | 3 | Actor Torn, whose first name means "tear" |
| 47% | AMIR | 4 | First name that can mean "prince" |
| 46% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco whose first name can be found backward in her song title "Binary" |
| 46% | CLU | 3 | Actor Gulager whose first name sounds like part of a crossword |
| 46% | OBAMA | 5 | President whose first name means "one who is blessed" |
| 45% | BEAU | 4 | First name of Jeff Bridges's actor brother |
| 45% | KEANU | 5 | Actor Reeves whose first name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains" |
| 45% | TORN | 4 | Actor Rip whose last name means "ripped" |
| 44% | SWIFT | 5 | Bird whose name can mean "sudden" |
| 44% | SWALLOW | 7 | Bird whose name can mean "believe" |
| 41% | SEAN | 4 | Actor Bean, whose first name looks like it rhymes with his last, but doesn't |
| 41% | CARP | 4 | Fish whose name can also mean "complain" |
| 41% | SAGE | 4 | Herb whose name can also mean "intelligent" |
| 41% | PINE | 4 | Tree whose name can also mean "yearn" |
| 40% | BILLYZANE | 9 | "Titanic" actor whose first name is a male goat: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMHIDDLESTON | 13 | "Thor" actor whose first name is a male cat: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JACKQUAID | 9 | "Novocaine" actor whose first name is a male donkey: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 40% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "big brute" |
| 40% | SEANBEAN | 8 | Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don't |
| 40% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Keanu" actor whose first name is a Middle Eastern country: 2 wds. |
| 40% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Respect" actor whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 39% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "talk a lot" |
| 39% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Elvis" actor whose first name is also a place in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 39% | AXE | 3 | Tool whose name can also mean "fire from a job" |
| 39% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "nag" |
| 39% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 39% | RIB | 3 | Body part whose name can also mean "tease" |