| 100% | SIGMUND | 7 | In German legend, he pulled a sword from a tree |
| 58% | EXCALIBUR | 9 | Sword that King Arthur pulled from a stone, in English legend |
| 43% | PINECONE | 8 | Group of seeds in a cluster from a coniferous tree |
| 42% | LEAF | 4 | Item falling from a tree in fall |
| 42% | LEAF | 4 | It falls from a tree in the fall |
| 42% | LEAF | 4 | It might fall from a tree in autumn |
| 41% | SAINTPATRICK | 12 | He drove the serpents from Ireland, in legend |
| 40% | GELERT | 6 | Dog who saved a baby from a wolf in Welsh legend |
| 40% | DAMOCLES | 8 | In the tale, a sword was suspended above him |
| 40% | PIEDPIPER | 9 | In legend, he lured rats from Hamelin |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | In legend, he fiddled in a fire |
| 40% | UPHERE | 6 | Whisper from someone hiding in a tree |
| 39% | LORELEI | 7 | Siren in German legend said to lure boatmen from her rock at the edge of the Rhine |
| 39% | THOR | 4 | He called Hulk a "friend from work," in a Marvel movie |
| 39% | ARTHUR | 6 | Boy who pulls the sword from the stone in "The Sword in the Stone" |
| 38% | SANTA | 5 | He rides in a sleigh pulled by reindeer |
| 38% | SANTA | 5 | He rides in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer |
| 37% | HERCULES | 8 | He went from zero to hero in a Disney movie song |
| 36% | LORELEI | 7 | Siren in German legend said to lure boatmen to destruction from her rock at the edge of the Rhine |
| 36% | LAURENCEOLIVIER | 15 | He played a Nazi in "Marathon Man" and a Nazi hunter in "The Boys From Brazil" [Connecticut] |
| 36% | DRAW | 4 | Take a sword from a scabbard |
| 36% | UNSTOP | 6 | Pull a cork from |
| 35% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | He played Mork from Ork in a "Happy Days" spin-off: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PLUM | 4 | What Jack Horner pulled from his pie, in a nursery rhyme |
| 35% | BBC | 3 | Broadcaster that reported news of a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from a tree, considered the biggest hoax ever pulled: Abbr. |
| 35% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who earned a doctoral degree in quantum chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LOP | 3 | Cut off a branch from a tree |
| 35% | AREAMAN | 7 | Person who "Always Thought He'd Squander His Life Differently," in a headline from The Onion |
| 35% | ARTHUR | 6 | Lad who drew a sword from a stone |
| 34% | CHARLIEHUNNAM | 13 | He played King Arthur in 2017's "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword": 2 wds. |