| 100% | SEALVELOPE | 10 | It contains an Oscar winner's name |
| 57% | BMOVIE | 6 | An Oscar winner it isn't |
| 50% | THANK | 5 | Do an Oscar winner's job |
| 50% | SCRIPT | 6 | It contains an actor's lines |
| 48% | NOMINEE | 7 | One praised in an Oscar winner's speech, maybe |
| 45% | HEADCHEESE | 10 | Aspic-like meat dish named for an ingredient it doesn't contain |
| 43% | MELBATOAST | 10 | It's named after an opera star |
| 43% | SILVER | 6 | It's what an argentiferous rock would contain |
| 41% | RENEE | 5 | Woman's name with an accent on its fourth letter |
| 41% | SPEECH | 6 | Acceptance ___ (one delivered by an Oscar winner, say) |
| 41% | STREISAND | 9 | Oscar winner who said, “People told me to change my last name. . . . Instead, I decided to take an ‘A’ out of my first name” |
| 41% | EMMA | 4 | Actress Roberts whose aunt Julia is an Oscar winner |
| 41% | NELSON | 6 | Washington's horse shares its name with an admiral |
| 40% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Fences" Oscar winner named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMHANKSGIVINGTURKEYS | 21 | Headline announcing a generous Butterball donation by an Oscar winner? |
| 40% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Oscar winner for ''As Good As It Gets'' |
| 39% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name consisting of an English word followed by its Spanish equivalent |
| 39% | PTA | 3 | School gp. that sometimes has an "S" added to its name |
| 39% | MATTDAMON | 9 | Oscar winner once named Sexiest Man Alive by People |
| 39% | CHINESECHECKERS | 15 | ... It's an American name for a German game |
| 39% | COUNTINGCROWS | 13 | "Does the name contain an animal?" YES. "Is it a band fronted by Adam Duritz?" YES! |
| 39% | BAHAI | 5 | Religion with an apostrophe in its name |
| 39% | ESTEE | 5 | Perfume with an accent in its name |
| 39% | ETRADE | 6 | Brokerage with an asterisk in its name |
| 39% | POBOY | 5 | Sandwich with an apostrophe in its name |
| 39% | MOBIUSSTRIP | 11 | Band with an umlaut in its name |
| 39% | XXXX | 4 | Island with an okina in its name |
| 38% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |
| 38% | LOREN | 5 | 1961 Oscar winner in an Italian-language role |
| 38% | EYECHART | 8 | Its medical name is an optotype |