| 100% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | Candice Bergen's "colorful" TV character who had trouble keeping a secretary (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | CBS TV character with a colorful last name, played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | Jennifer Aniston's "colorful" TV character who maintains they were not, in fact, on a break (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MEREDITHGREY | 12 | Ellen Pompeo's "colorful" TV character who married the doctor nicknamed "McDreamy" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | WENDYWILLIAMS | 13 | TV star who had to take a hiatus from her talk show to address her Graves' disease: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | NBC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Jennifer Aniston from 1994 to 2004: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOSEPH | 6 | Biblical character who had a colorful "dreamcoat" |
| 37% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | Jazz pianist who had a hit with 1983's "Rockit": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BART | 4 | TV character who says "Don't have a cow, man!" |
| 36% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LUKECOMBS | 9 | Country singer who had a 2023 hit with his cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car": 2 wds. |
| 35% | RAYCHARLES | 10 | "Hit the Road Jack" singer who has a solo in 1985's "We Are the World": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BERNIEBREWER | 12 | Milwaukee MLB team's mascot who has a handlebar mustache: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MOSDEF | 6 | Rapper who had a recurring role on "Dexter": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LEEGREENWOOD | 12 | "I.O.U." singer who had a hit in 2001 with "God Bless the U.S.A.": 2 wds. |
| 34% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" star who had a top 10 hit with "She's Like the Wind" in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "Who's the Boss?" actor who had a 9-3 record in pro boxing matches: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HERBERTHOOVER | 13 | 31st President of the U.S. who had a successful mining business: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PIRATEPARROT | 12 | Pittsburgh MLB team's mascot who has a large yellow beak: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARINERMOOSE | 12 | Seattle MLB team's mascot who has a pair of antlers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAVIDSCHWIMMER | 14 | Actor who had a capuchin monkey costar on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ORRINHATCH | 10 | Former Utah senator who had a cameo in "Traffic": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LIAMPAYNE | 9 | One Direction singer who has a fear of spoons: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | "Bones" writer who had a cameo as a forensic anthropology professor on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CHELSEAHANDLER | 14 | TV comedian who wrote the best-selling 2025 memoir "I'll Have What She's Having": 2 wds. |
| 34% | GUIDOSARDUCCI | 13 | Don Novello's early "SNL" character who was a rock critic for "L'Osservatore Romano": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MEREDITHGREY | 12 | ABC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Ellen Pompeo since 2005: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FRANKIEVALLI | 12 | Four Seasons lead vocalist who had a recurring role on "The Sopranos": 2 wds. |
| 34% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | Artist who had a top 10 Billboard hit with "All the Stars": 2 wds. |