| 100% | POLONIUS | 8 | Character in "Hamlet" who is stabbed while hiding behind a curtain |
| 44% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 43% | MARAT | 5 | Jacobin revolutionary who was stabbed in a bathtub |
| 41% | BURR | 4 | Vice president Aaron who is a character in "Hamilton" |
| 40% | ERNEST | 6 | Novelist Hemingway, who was a main character in "Midnight in Paris" |
| 40% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Star, pink starfish who is a regular character in "SpongeBob SquarePants" |
| 39% | PESCI | 5 | Real-life actor Joe who is a character in Broadway's "Jersey Boys" |
| 39% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LUNA | 4 | ___ Lovegood, character in the "Harry Potter" series who was a part of Dumbledore's Army |
| 38% | CHO | 3 | ___ Chang, character in the "Harry Potter" series who was a part of Dumbledore's Army |
| 38% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 38% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 38% | HORATIO | 7 | Only major character in Hamlet who survives |
| 38% | REA | 3 | Actor Stephen who is portrayed as a character in the 2024 historical drama series “Say Nothing” |
| 38% | ANANG | 5 | Character who’s told “hear my words” in a They Might Be Giants song |
| 37% | DANDIE | 6 | & 23A Character in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering after whom a breed of terrier is named |
| 37% | GHOST | 5 | ___ Rider, Latin American Marvel superhero who is a character in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." |
| 37% | MAC | 3 | "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," character who claims to be a karate expert |
| 37% | PLUTO | 5 | Disney character who may have been named in 1931 for a newly discovered planet |
| 36% | KENNEDY | 7 | 35th President of the United States, John F. ___, who was shot twice, while inside a vehicle in a procession |
| 36% | OYL | 3 | Olive, who was once engaged to "lounge lizard" Harold Hamgravy, a character played by Bill Irwin in a 1980 movie |
| 36% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 36% | IANMALCOLM | 10 | Actor Jeff Goldblum's character in 26a who is a mathematician and chaos theorist: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 35% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 35% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | Jennifer Aniston's "colorful" TV character who maintains they were not, in fact, on a break (2 wds.) |
| 34% | GUSTAVOFRING | 12 | Character played by Giancarlo Esposito in "Breaking Bad", who owns Los Pollos Hermanos, besides being a prominent meth distributor: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, George's recurring fake character who turns out to be a real judge in the final "Seinfeld" episode |
| 34% | ROY | 3 | ___ Anderson, recurring character who is a warehouse employee in "The Office" |