| 100% | STINSON | 7 | Barney's last name in How I Met Your Mother |
| 64% | LEGENDARY | 9 | Barney's favorite word on How I Met Your Mother |
| 62% | SAGET | 5 | He voices the narrator in How I Met Your Mother |
| 60% | BARNEY | 6 | Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother |
| 60% | TEDMOSBY | 8 | The main character in How I Met Your Mother |
| 54% | COBIE | 5 | Smulders of How I Met Your Mother and Avengers: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 54% | TED | 3 | Mosby in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 53% | ELLIE | 5 | Barney's baby daughter on "How I Met Your Mother" portrayed by Wyatt Samuel Pugh |
| 53% | LILY | 4 | Marshall's wife in "How I Met Your Mother" (also a flower) |
| 53% | PATRICKHARRIS | 13 | Neil ___, who played Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 52% | LILYALDRIN | 10 | Marshall Eriksen's wife in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 52% | JOSHRADNOR | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" actor who costars in "Rise": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TED | 3 | The "I" in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 51% | ALYSONHANNIGAN | 14 | "How I Met Your Mother" actress who played Michelle in "American Pie": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TED | 3 | ____ Mosby, protagonist in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 50% | JASONSEGEL | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" costar who voiced supervillain Vector in "Despicable Me": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CHALLENGE | 9 | "___ Accepted!" Barney's infamous catchphrase from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 50% | TED | 3 | Character played by Josh Radnor in "How I Met Your Mother," ___ Mosby |
| 49% | BRO | 3 | "The ___ Code," Barney's friendship rules from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 49% | BOOK | 4 | Word that follows "Play" to mean Barney's collection of pickup ideas in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 48% | MOTHER | 6 | How I Met Your __, sitcom that ended in 2014 |
| 48% | PLEASE | 6 | Acronym for Barney's job on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 48% | TIE | 3 | Ducky ___, Barney Stinson's neckwear on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 48% | TRACY | 5 | Name of the mother on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 48% | SUIT | 4 | "___ Up!" Barney's catchphrase from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 47% | PUB | 3 | MacLaren's ___, watering hole from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 47% | TED | 3 | Josh's "How I Met Your Mother" role |
| 47% | CATHY | 5 | Chatterbox portrayed by Lindsay Price whom Ted dates in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 47% | PATRICKHARRIS | 13 | Neil, one of the lead actors in "How I Met Your Mother," who directed the episode "Jenkins" in the show's 5th season: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRO | 3 | What Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" calls a male friend |