| 100% | KANJI | 5 | Japanese writing system based on Chinese characters |
| 50% | KANJI | 5 | Japanese writing using Chinese characters |
| 44% | KANJI | 5 | Japanese writing system |
| 43% | TRIAGE | 6 | System based on urgency |
| 41% | TRIAGE | 6 | Hospital system based on urgency |
| 40% | MEDALPLAY | 9 | Scoring system based on total strokes |
| 39% | CARGOCULT | 9 | Polynesian belief system based on western freight |
| 37% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 film based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 37% | MULAN | 5 | Disney movie based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 37% | KANE | 4 | Movie character based on Hearst |
| 36% | SWANNINLOVE | 11 | Jeremy Irons film based on Proust's writings |
| 36% | MOHO | 4 | Kielhofner's conceptual work based on open systems |
| 36% | YEN | 3 | Coin that has Japanese characters on it |
| 36% | HIRAGANA | 8 | Some characters in Japanese writing |
| 36% | RUNYON | 6 | "Guys and Dolls" is based on his writing |
| 35% | FANFIC | 6 | Amateur work based on existing characters, informally |
| 35% | TEN | 3 | Number on which the decimal system is based |
| 35% | SCROOGEMCDUCK | 13 | Disney character based on a Dickens character |
| 35% | HAN | 3 | ___ characters (common Chinese writing) |
| 35% | WARRIOR | 7 | *Martial arts series based on the writings of Bruce Lee |
| 35% | EMMA | 4 | Literary character on whom Cher from Clueless is based |
| 34% | FANFIC | 6 | Amateurs' stories based on existing characters, briefly |
| 34% | NAENAE | 6 | 2010s dance trend based on a character from Martin |
| 33% | KELLYYANG | 9 | Chinese-American author who based 11-Across on her own experience |
| 33% | WATCHMEN | 8 | 2019 HBO show based on a DC Comics series written by Alan Moore |
| 33% | ELSA | 4 | Character based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” |
| 33% | TEN | 3 | Number the decimal system is based on |
| 32% | ELEMENTARY | 10 | CBS detective series based on the characters of Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 32% | ODIN | 4 | Marvel Cinematic Universe character based on a Norse god |
| 32% | ELMO | 4 | Love2Learn ___ (toy based on a "Sesame Street" character) |