| 100% | ELITISM | 7 | Belief that society should be ruled by select few |
| 35% | TYRANNY | 7 | Rule that should be broken? |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was ruled by a shah until 1979 |
| 33% | ADHERETO | 8 | Be ruled by |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Persian Gulf country that used to be ruled by a shah |
| 32% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Things that should be tied up by the curtain? |
| 32% | NEW | 3 | "___ Rules," breakup song by Dua Lipa that is an inspiration to move on |
| 31% | STEAD | 5 | Place or role that should be occupied by another |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was once ruled by shahs |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was once ruled by a shah |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was formerly ruled by a shah |
| 31% | EGYPTIANS | 9 | People who were ruled by pharaohs |
| 31% | HUN | 3 | Person who was ruled by Attila |
| 30% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was once ruled by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| 30% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was formerly ruled by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| 30% | JAZZ | 4 | Musical genre that was named the Word of the Twentieth Century by the American Dialect Society |
| 30% | TENET | 5 | Belief that can be overturned |
| 30% | MYTH | 4 | Belief that can be "busted" |
| 30% | MYTH | 4 | Belief that can be busted |
| 30% | STATUTES | 8 | Rules or laws that are passed by a legislative body |
| 30% | OLIGARCHY | 9 | Rule by the rich, government by the few |
| 29% | ATHEISM | 7 | Belief that there is no God |
| 29% | EVIL | 4 | "Touch of ___," 1958 movie directed by Orson Welles that was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry |
| 29% | KARMA | 5 | Belief that behavior will be cosmically repaid |
| 29% | DOGMA | 5 | Belief that's not to be questioned |
| 29% | TSARS | 5 | Russian empire used to be ruled by _____; old Russian monarchs |
| 29% | AGO | 3 | A long time ___ all lands were ruled by the kings |
| 29% | LAWS | 4 | Rules to adhere to that are enforced by the government |
| 29% | SHANGHAI | 8 | "The Lady from ___," 1947 movie directed by Orson Welles that was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry |
| 28% | MYTH | 4 | Belief that may be debunked on Snopes.com |