| 100% | BROWNWOOLF | 10 | Dan and Virginia's story of a dark-colored predator? |
| 42% | BRINDLED | 8 | Any brown dog with patches of a darker color |
| 41% | GRAY | 4 | Color that's a mix of black and white |
| 40% | RED | 3 | Color of a cardinal's feathers and a Cardinal's cap |
| 39% | ANAMERICANGYRATED | 17 | Story of a young man who gets carried away and does the Twist? |
| 38% | BLACK | 5 | Color of a dark night or a type of salt |
| 38% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 38% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 37% | LAYLA | 5 | Title character of a song inspired by both a seventh-century Persian story and George Harrison's then-wife |
| 37% | BIO | 3 | Story of a person's life, for short |
| 36% | AXL | 3 | 2018 sci-fi movie which follows the story of a boy and a robotic dog |
| 36% | KARENINA | 8 | Anna __, Tolstoy's story of a wife who strays |
| 36% | RYE | 3 | Pliny the Elder wrote that this food "of a dark and sombre color" is a "poor food and only serves to avert starvation" |
| 36% | INVENTORS | 9 | Focus of a scientific and historical hall of fame in Alexandria, Virginia |
| 36% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Predator fish with a long body and tons of teeth |
| 36% | RED | 3 | Color of diamonds and hearts, in a deck of cards |
| 35% | NAVYBLUE | 8 | Dark, military version of a primary color |
| 35% | BLACK | 5 | Dark color of the sky on a starless night, or the color of a raven |
| 35% | YELLOW | 6 | Dorothy and friends followed a road of this color |
| 35% | MOULIN | 6 | "___ Rouge!" 2001 musical starring Nicole Kidman which is the story of a young writer and a cabaret star |
| 35% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land," 2016 musical starring Emma Stone which is the story of a jazz musician and an aspiring actress |
| 35% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 35% | ORCA | 4 | A kind of Killer Whale, which is Black and White in color |
| 34% | CHIAROSCURO | 11 | Artistic distribution of light and dark masses in a painting |
| 34% | ALADDIN | 7 | One of the stories of A Thousand And One Nights |
| 34% | THEFIREOFLIFE | 13 | Salman Rushdie's work, "Luka and ___," which is a sequel to "Haroun and the Sea of Stories": 4 wds. |
| 34% | ARC | 3 | Path of a story's development |
| 34% | HER | 3 | Start of a feminist's story? |
| 34% | ILIAD | 5 | Story of a siege |
| 34% | BIO | 3 | Story of a lifetime? |