| 100% | DAHL | 4 | Author of “Danny, the Champion of the World” |
| 75% | HGWELLS | 7 | Author of the novel War of the Worlds |
| 70% | TITLE | 5 | Heavyweight champion of the world, e.g. |
| 70% | TITLE | 5 | Featherweight champion of the world, e.g. |
| 70% | WELLS | 5 | "The War of the Worlds" author |
| 70% | HGWELLS | 7 | "The War of the Worlds" author |
| 69% | PTBARNUM | 8 | "The Humbugs of the World" author, 1865 |
| 69% | ALAM | 4 | Author of Leave the World Behind |
| 68% | WELLS | 5 | "The War of the Worlds" author H.G. ___ |
| 68% | WELLS | 5 | "War of the Worlds" author |
| 67% | WELLS | 5 | H.G. ___ ("The War of the Worlds" author) |
| 67% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who created the world of Middle Earth |
| 66% | TAL | 3 | Mikhail, world chess champion of the sixties |
| 65% | SYNGE | 5 | "The Playboy of the Western World" author |
| 65% | COUSTEAU | 8 | Author of The Silent World: Jacques __ |
| 65% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other" |
| 65% | SOUVESTRE | 9 | Emile —, author of 1846 science fiction novel The World As It Will Be |
| 64% | TSING | 5 | "The Mushroom at the End of the World" author Anna |
| 64% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi __, author of Between the World and Me |
| 64% | ROSE | 4 | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| 64% | JOETORRE | 8 | Author of "Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series" |
| 64% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of times Babe Ruth became the World Series champion |
| 63% | BALLARD | 7 | J G —, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| 63% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | MacArthur Fellowship-winning author of "Between the World and Me" |
| 63% | ENGEL | 5 | Patricia, author of 2023 book The Faraway World |
| 63% | MCPHEE | 6 | John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" |
| 62% | GISSING | 7 | George —, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |
| 61% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the 2017 World Series champion team |
| 61% | WELLS | 5 | H G —, author of novels The World Set Free and The Wonderful Visit |