| 100% | CONFLICT | 8 | Argument, disagreement essential to a plot |
| 57% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Term for an item that is essential to a film's plot |
| 49% | GARDEN | 6 | Attend to a plot |
| 48% | SOIL | 4 | Something added to a plot |
| 47% | ANTENNA | 7 | This is essential to a radio |
| 47% | GASP | 4 | React to a plot twist, perhaps |
| 47% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Warning prior to a plot reveal |
| 47% | GASP | 4 | Shocked reaction to a plot twist |
| 47% | GASPS | 5 | Reacts to a plot twist, perhaps |
| 46% | OBBLIGATO | 9 | Essential, to a musician |
| 46% | OREOS | 5 | They're essential to a Dairy Queen ''Blizzard'' |
| 44% | DISPUTE | 7 | A disagreement or argument |
| 42% | PINKERTON | 9 | Allan __, foiled a plot to assassinate Abe Lincoln |
| 42% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | 2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon |
| 41% | MAKEPEACE | 9 | To end an argument or disagreement with someone |
| 41% | VALKYRIE | 8 | 2008 Tom Cruise movie about a plot to assassinate Hitler |
| 41% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Name given to a vague plot point in the movies |
| 40% | VITAMIN | 7 | Each is essential to be healthy, can be A, B, D |
| 40% | SURFACE | 7 | Come to light, like a secret plot |
| 39% | AMNESIA | 7 | Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together |
| 39% | HOLE | 4 | Nit to pick with a plot |
| 39% | XXXX | 4 | Hip to, as a plot |
| 38% | BECAUSEISAIDSO | 14 | Authoritarian response to “Why?” in a parent-child argument |
| 38% | HEFNER | 6 | He bought a burial plot next to Marilyn Monroe |
| 38% | HOLES | 5 | Bad things for a movie's plot to have |
| 38% | MOVIEELEMENTS | 13 | Plot, character, lighting, e.g., and a hint to the starred answers |
| 37% | GRAVESTONE | 10 | Where to read a plot summary? |
| 36% | ARGO | 4 | Hit 2012 movie whose plot involves a plan to make a movie |
| 36% | RESOLVE | 7 | Find a solution to a difficulty or argument |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | To a ___ |