| 100% | CLOTEN | 6 | Cymbeline's stepson in Shakespeare's play |
| 60% | ACTS | 4 | Divisions in Shakespeare's plays |
| 60% | FIE | 3 | Disapproving cry in Shakespeare's play |
| 59% | GERTRUDE | 8 | Name of Hamlet's mother in Shakespeare's play |
| 58% | CAPULET | 7 | Juliet's family name in Shakespeare's play |
| 58% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo's last name in Shakespeare's play |
| 58% | CLAUDIUS | 8 | Murderer of King Hamlet in Shakespeare's play |
| 57% | KATHERINA | 9 | The shrew tamed by Petruchio in Shakespeare's play |
| 57% | KINGJOHN | 8 | Son of Eleanor and Henry in Shakespeare's play |
| 57% | PUN | 3 | One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays |
| 56% | IAGO | 4 | Attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona in Shakespeare's play |
| 56% | BENVOLIO | 8 | Romeo's cousin in Shakespeare play |
| 56% | RICHARDII | 9 | First play in Shakespeare’s Henriad |
| 55% | PISANIO | 7 | Servant to Posthumus in the William Shakespeare play Cymbeline |
| 55% | IACHIMO | 7 | Italian friend to Philario in William Shakespeare play Cymbeline |
| 55% | CAPULET | 7 | Juliet's surname in the Shakespeare play |
| 55% | FIE | 3 | Disapproving cry in a Shakespeare's play |
| 55% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's love in a Shakespeare play |
| 54% | IMOGEN | 6 | Daughter of King Cymbeline in Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" |
| 53% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's love, in a Shakespeare play |
| 52% | SNUG | 4 | Joiner in Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 50% | LUCIO | 5 | Flamboyant bachelor friend of Claudio in William Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure |
| 50% | DULL | 4 | Constable in William Shakespeare stage play Love's Labour's Lost |
| 49% | PUCK | 4 | Jester in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" who loved to play pranks |
| 48% | ROMEO | 5 | 48-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 48% | JULIET | 6 | 45-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 48% | ALAS | 4 | "Too bad," in Shakespeare plays |
| 47% | PEASEBLOSSOM | 12 | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare stage play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 47% | SOFTA | 5 | "Upon so ___ subject as myself!" (Juliet's line in a Shakespeare play): 2 wds. |
| 47% | COSTARD | 7 | Clown in William Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Lost |