| 100% | JANET | 5 | Jackson in a 2004 "malfunction" |
| 62% | PERCY | 5 | Jackson in a Rick Riordan book series |
| 60% | ELLA | 4 | "Enchanted" girl in a 2004 film |
| 60% | ELLA | 4 | "Enchanted" girl in a 2004 movie |
| 58% | DRAKEANDJOSH | 12 | *Title pair in a 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcom |
| 58% | STARSKY | 7 | Title role for Stiller in a 2004 comedy |
| 58% | ALIENVSPREDATOR | 15 | Face-off in a 2004 science fiction film |
| 57% | ALFIE | 5 | Title role for Jude Law in a 2004 remake |
| 57% | KUMAR | 5 | One of two title stoners in a 2004 movie |
| 57% | ALA | 3 | Loser to Barack Obama in a 2004 Senate race |
| 56% | NAPOLEON | 8 | With 41-Down, title teen in a 2004 indie hit |
| 56% | HAROLDANDKUMAR | 14 | Friends who go to White Castle in a 2004 film |
| 56% | MEANGIRL | 8 | Rachel McAdams or Amanda Seyfried role in a 2004 comedy |
| 56% | KEN | 3 | Figure in a celebrated 2004 breakup |
| 56% | MACE | 4 | Windu played by Samuel L. Jackson in a sci-fi franchise |
| 55% | TEAMAMERICA | 11 | Puppet squad in a 2004 satire by the "South Park" creators |
| 55% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit |
| 55% | JEAN | 4 | Infamous Billie in a Michael Jackson song |
| 54% | CATS | 4 | Pets in a Lilian Jackson Braun mystery series |
| 53% | ALFIE | 5 | Michael Caine 1966 title role played by Jude Law in a 2004 remake |
| 53% | CATS | 4 | Title pets in a Lilian Jackson Braun mystery series |
| 53% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson #1 hit |
| 53% | GRAHAM | 6 | Herol —, British boxer defeated by Julian Jackson in a 1990 WBC Middleweight title fight |
| 52% | SLENDERLY | 9 | How Little Susie was fashioned in a Michael Jackson song |
| 52% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | Actor who won an Oscar for portraying Ray Charles in a 2004 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CANE | 4 | Andrew Jackson carried one with a sword in it |
| 49% | DAVIDSTARSKY | 12 | Character played by Ben Stiller in a 2004 comedy-crime film co-starring Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson |
| 48% | XXXXXX | 6 | Janet's partner in 2004's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" |
| 48% | FIRSTDAUGHTER | 13 | 2004 film in which 47-Across portrays a fictional president: 2 wds. |