| 100% | KUNTAKINTE | 10 | Character depicted holding an infant in the “Behold” monument at the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Park |
| 34% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 33% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 33% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 33% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 33% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 32% | RFK | 3 | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |
| 32% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |
| 32% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MALALA | 6 | ___ Yousafzai, human rights advocate who is the youngest recipient of an award also won by Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 32% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 30% | DAYOFSERVICE | 12 | Title for the federal holiday that honors Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 30% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 30% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 30% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 29% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 29% | DRUMMAJOR | 9 | "The ___ Instinct": Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermon from Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church in February 1968 |
| 29% | SELMA | 5 | City famously visited by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 29% | NOBEL | 5 | Peace Prize won by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 |
| 29% | PHDS | 4 | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| 29% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 film in which David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 29% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | “Interstellar” actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma” |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | 2001 film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 29% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 28% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 28% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |