| 100% | POOLE | 5 | Ernest ___, winner of the first Pulitzer for fiction |
| 71% | ADA | 3 | __ Louise Huxtable, winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 71% | TARTT | 5 | Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 70% | LESS | 4 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 69% | ADA | 3 | Winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, ___ Louise Huxtable |
| 63% | ANNE | 4 | Jayne ___ Phillips, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “Night Watch” (May, 2024) |
| 63% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel (1965) |
| 61% | GREER | 5 | Andrew Sean ___, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 60% | ASU | 3 | Winner of the first three Fiesta Bowls, for short |
| 58% | LINMANUELMIRANDA | 16 | Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 58% | WALLACESTEVENS | 14 | Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 57% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Keepers of the House" |
| 56% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 56% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music |
| 55% | SHREK | 5 | 2001 fantasy comedy animation; winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature |
| 54% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1965 |
| 53% | NGOZI | 5 | Chimamanda ___ Adichie, Nigerian writer and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 53% | SHREK | 5 | Scottish-sounding ogre protagonist of the first-ever Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature |
| 53% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the first Oscar winner for Best Actor |
| 52% | ROBINSON | 8 | Marilynne —, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 51% | IDA | 3 | First Polish winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (2015) |
| 51% | ANNESEXTON | 10 | US winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the collection Live or Die |
| 51% | GREENBAYPACKERS | 15 | Winner of the first Super Bowl |
| 51% | OPRAH | 5 | Winner of the first humanitarian Emmy |
| 51% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 50% | ASTRANGELOOP | 12 | Winner of Best Musical at the 75th Tony Awards, and the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 50% | URU | 3 | Winner of the first World Cup: Abbr. |
| 50% | INGE | 4 | William —, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for play Picnic |
| 50% | STARR | 5 | Winner of the first two Super Bowl MVPs |
| 50% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | Winner of the first US Open Men's Singles championship (1968), for whom the largest stadium at the USTA National Tennis Center is named (2 wds.) |