| 100% | TVCAMERA | 8 | Equipment on a reality show set (2 wds.) |
| 71% | DRAGQUEEN | 9 | Contestant on a reality show hosted by RuPaul: 2 wds. |
| 65% | CAKEBOSS | 8 | Reality show set in a bake shop (2 wds.) |
| 63% | BELOWDECK | 9 | Bravo reality show since 2013 that features crew members on a superyacht: 2 wds. |
| 59% | THEBACHELOR | 11 | Dating reality show on ABC featuring a rose-giving ritual: 2 wds. |
| 56% | TVCREW | 6 | Team that produces a reality show, for e.g.: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SURVIVOR | 8 | CBS reality show often set on a remote island |
| 53% | RAYJ | 4 | VH1 reality show starring sibling singers, "Brandy & ___: A Family Business": 2 wds. |
| 53% | AREYOUTHEONE | 12 | Dating reality show on Paramount+ where couples visit a "truth booth": 4 wds. |
| 53% | PAWNSTARS | 9 | History Channel reality show with a chess piece in its name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FILMCREW | 8 | Group of workers on a movie set: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANDYSAMBERG | 11 | Former "SNL" comedian who stars on a sitcom set in an NYPD precinct: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TIMEWARP | 8 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MRED | 4 | Talking horse on a 1960s TV show: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PEOPLESCOURT | 12 | Legal reality show that's been on the air for 29 seasons, with "The": 2 wds. |
| 51% | AMERICANGRIT | 12 | Fox reality show based on military training that's hosted by 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Reality singing show that Zayn Malik was a contestant on in 2010: 3 wds. |
| 50% | JERSEYCOUTURE | 13 | Oxygen reality show featuring a family fashion boutique: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PROJECTRUNWAY | 13 | American fashion reality show since 2004 which has Tim Gunn as the on-air mentor: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KISSCAM | 7 | It shows smooches on a stadium's Jumbotron: 2 wds. |
| 49% | THEVOICE | 8 | American reality show hosted by Carson Daly, which works in a format similar to 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PAWNSTARS | 9 | Reality show set in a hock shop |
| 49% | WEREHERE | 8 | HBO reality show, where drag queens visit small-town America, that won a Peabody Award in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 48% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ATSEA | 5 | On a cruise ship, between ports: 2 wds. |
| 47% | INLARGE | 7 | On a big scale: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MRT | 3 | Mohawked actor on the 1980s show "The A-Team": 2 wds. |