| 100% | REMUS | 5 | Important player in the founding-of-Rome story |
| 53% | LORE | 4 | Romulus, Remus and the founding of Rome, e.g. |
| 52% | GARY | 4 | Player in the World Golf Hall of Fame |
| 51% | LEADROLE | 8 | Important element in the formation of a star? |
| 51% | BEALE | 5 | Important street in the history of Memphis blues |
| 51% | COLOSSEUM | 9 | Arena in the middle of Rome |
| 50% | MELOTT | 6 | Former Giants player in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 50% | YAO | 3 | Tallest player in the NBA Hall of Fame Ming |
| 50% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers in America [1736] |
| 49% | CLUE | 4 | Important piece of information in a mystery story |
| 49% | SACS | 4 | Important structures in the defensive systems of octopi |
| 49% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers, in the U.S. |
| 49% | DOLE | 4 | Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 |
| 49% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the first Shaker colony in America |
| 49% | DEN | 3 | Location in the story of Daniel |
| 49% | GENIE | 5 | Creature in the story of Aladdin |
| 49% | OIL | 3 | Liquid in the story of Hanukkah |
| 49% | VISIGOTHS | 9 | Sackers in the sack of Rome, A.D. 410 |
| 48% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Problem in the Tower of Babel story |
| 48% | SNOUTS | 6 | Found in the middle of pigs' faces |
| 48% | DOTHEBOYS | 9 | __ Hall, school in the story of Nicholas Nickleby |
| 48% | HEADLINES | 9 | The titles of top stories in the news |
| 48% | KUBLAI | 6 | __ Khan; founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China |
| 47% | BRUCELEE | 8 | Founder of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in the 1960s |
| 47% | CALORIES | 8 | The units of energy found in food |
| 47% | ETHANOL | 7 | The type of alcohol found in cocktails |
| 46% | OIL | 3 | What lasted for eight days, in the story of Hanukkah |
| 46% | OLCOTT | 6 | Henry Steel —, a founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875 |
| 46% | HOXHA | 5 | Enver —, a founder of the Albanian Communist party in 1941 |
| 46% | GRAMSCI | 7 | Antonio —, a founder of the Italian Communist Party in 1921 |