| 100% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Greek playwright who authored Oedipus Rex |
| 72% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex |
| 62% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including "Oedipus Rex" |
| 43% | GEMS | 4 | Pam —, playwright who authored 1978 musical biography Piaf |
| 43% | PAM | 3 | & 7D Playwright who authored 1978 musical biography Piaf |
| 43% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including "Medea" |
| 43% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including "The Frogs" |
| 42% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored the treatise The Republic |
| 42% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored dialogues Laws and Republic |
| 41% | OSBORN | 6 | Paul —, playwright who authored 1939 Broadway comedy Morning's at Seven |
| 41% | UDALL | 5 | Nicholas —, 16th-century playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister |
| 41% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Author of the ancient Greek tragedy "Oedipus Rex" |
| 40% | UDALL | 5 | Nicholas —, 16th-century English playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister |
| 37% | AESOP | 5 | Greek author of fables like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" |
| 34% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 33% | EUCLID | 6 | Greek mathematician of Alexandria who authored the work Elements |
| 31% | VACLAVHAVEL | 11 | Playwright who became a president |
| 31% | WRITER | 6 | Someone who authors |
| 31% | MENANDER | 8 | Greek poet and comic dramatist who authored stage play Dyskolos |
| 30% | ROWE | 4 | Playwright who coined the term "lothario" |
| 30% | NTOZAKESHANGE | 13 | Playwright who coined the term “choreopoem” |
| 30% | CLIFFORDOWEDEBTS | 16 | Playwright who's always in hock? |
| 30% | MAMET | 5 | Playwright who wrote "Glengarry Glen Ross" |
| 30% | ANYA | 4 | Seton who authored "Foxfire" |
| 30% | OBAMA | 5 | Michelle ___ who authored "Becoming" |
| 29% | JMSYNGE | 7 | Playwright who co-founded the Abbey Theatre |
| 29% | HENRIKIBSEN | 11 | Playwright who died on May 23, 1906 |
| 29% | SIMON | 5 | Playwright who got a Mark Twain Prize |
| 29% | IONESCO | 7 | Absurdist playwright who wrote Rhinoceros |
| 29% | SENECA | 6 | Roman playwright who advised Nero |