| 100% | APPLEGATE | 9 | Christina, one of the leads in Dead to Me |
| 52% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 52% | 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. |
| 51% | WAR | 3 | One of the W's in W.W. I |
| 51% | AGNES | 5 | One of the daughters in "Despicable Me" |
| 49% | PUSHUP | 6 | One of the twenty in “Drop and give me twenty!” |
| 49% | ROI | 3 | Any one of the Louis from I to XVIII |
| 48% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | He played one of the lead roles in the film version of 50-/55-Across |
| 48% | RICKSANCHEZ | 11 | Genius but cynical scientist, one of the lead characters in "Rick and Morty" : 2 wds. |
| 46% | IAMB | 4 | One of four in "As I Was Going to St. Ives" |
| 46% | SKY | 3 | "Scanner" lead-in to mean one of the biggest travel booking sites in the world |
| 46% | GOD | 3 | One of two words added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 |
| 46% | POUT | 4 | Ignore one of the warnings in “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” |
| 46% | WHO | 3 | You-Know-___, one of the names given to Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 45% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "The Vow'' actor who voices one of the lead characters in "Smallfoot'': 2 wds. |
| 45% | PHONO | 5 | Lead-in to “graph,” in the early days of audio recording |
| 45% | AUTO | 4 | Lead-in to straddle, in the name of an online magazine |
| 45% | ELDORADO | 8 | One of the most iconic American luxury cars from Cadillac, that was in production from 1952 to 2002 |
| 45% | CHO | 3 | One of the most successful comedians, Margaret, who was the star in "All-American Girl" and "Drop Dead Diva" |
| 44% | SETPOINT | 8 | In tennis, the last one to win a group of games |
| 44% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 44% | ACES | 4 | One of the pairs in a "dead man's hand," in poker |
| 43% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 43% | COCHAIR | 7 | Be one of the lead officers |
| 43% | LISTS | 5 | Wish ___ (sets of items one wants to buy in the future) |
| 43% | PACMAN | 6 | One of the most popular arcade games in the world, where the player has to avoid being eaten by the 4 ghosts: Hyph. |
| 43% | DEATHVALLEY | 11 | One of the hottest places on Earth, this place is home to Badwater Basin, point of lowest elevation in North America: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PIMA | 4 | Native American people that Ira Hayes, one of the six flag raisers captured in the iconic Iwo Jima photo, belongs to |
| 42% | JUGULAR | 7 | — vein, any one of four in the neck that return blood to the heart from the head |
| 42% | HOWIE | 5 | ___ Dorough, member of the group "Backstreet Boys" who released a solo album "Back to Me" in 2011 |