| 100% | HAAS | 4 | Actor Lukas of 2014's "Dark Was the Night" |
| 49% | OUR | 3 | "It is the night of ___ dear Savior's birth" |
| 45% | PINE | 4 | Actor Chris of the TNT miniseries "I Am the Night" |
| 45% | THEMOON | 7 | Pink Floyd's album was the dark side of this |
| 43% | PLAYON | 6 | "If music be the food of love, __", Twelfth Night |
| 43% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "This Is the End" actor who is on Lohan's list of ex-lovers: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HAAS | 4 | Actor Lukas of "The Revenant" |
| 42% | ARNETT | 6 | Actor Will of "Up All Night" |
| 42% | FERRELL | 7 | Actor Will of the "Anchorman" films |
| 42% | KENANTHOMPSON | 13 | Actor who is the longest-running Saturday Night Live cast member, born after the premiere of SNL (42nd anniversary today): 2 wds. |
| 42% | TOM | 3 | Waits is Looking for The Heart of Saturday Night |
| 42% | ZAC | 3 | Actor Efron of the 2014 movie "Neighbors" |
| 42% | SETH | 4 | Actor Rogen of "This Is the End" |
| 41% | LIGHT | 5 | It can be the opposite of either dark or heavy |
| 41% | SHIA | 4 | Actor LaBeouf of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" |
| 41% | SHIA | 4 | Actor LaBeouf of 2014's "Fury" |
| 41% | ORSINO | 6 | "If music be the food of love ..." speaker in "Twelfth Night" |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Actor Goree of the film "One Night in Miami ..." |
| 40% | CROWS | 5 | Dark-plumed birds that are cousins of the raven |
| 40% | SAM | 3 | Actor Elliott of the upcoming "A Star Is Born" |
| 40% | SHIA | 4 | "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" actor LaBeouf |
| 40% | RUPERTGRINT | 11 | British actor who was in the music video of Ed Sheeran's "Lego House": 2 wds. |
| 40% | INKLE | 5 | Company that created "80 Days" which was Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2014 |
| 40% | IRONS | 5 | Actor Jeremy who was the voice of Scar in 1994's "The Lion King" |
| 40% | IRENE | 5 | Adler who is the protagonist of the novel “Good Night, Mr. Holmes” |
| 40% | EBERT | 5 | Movie reviewer who is the subject of the 2014 documentary "Life Itself" |
| 40% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic who is the subject of the 2014 documentary “Life Itself” |
| 40% | MACKENZIE | 9 | Actor Astin of "Scandal" who is the son of 15-Across |
| 40% | MRT | 3 | Actor inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014 |
| 40% | LEDGER | 6 | Surname of The Dark Knight and Casanova actor |