| 100% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain described as a "grand, ungodly, god-like man" |
| 87% | AHAB | 4 | Captain described as a "grand, ungodly, god-like man" |
| 42% | AHAB | 4 | "Grand, ungodly, god-like" man of fiction |
| 41% | AHAB | 4 | Melville's "grand, ungodly, god-like man" |
| 38% | ROSALIND | 8 | Disguised as a man in As You Like It |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Literary captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 36% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton character who is described as a “ruin of a man” after surviving a crash |
| 36% | GEORGE | 6 | Frank Costanza's neurotic son who Elaine described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" |
| 35% | VAIN | 4 | Like a man who thinks he's God's gift to women |
| 34% | FRODO | 5 | Literary character described as "a stout little fellow with red cheeks" |
| 34% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 34% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character described as "a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans" |
| 34% | AHAB | 4 | Melville character who describes himself as “more a demon than a man” |
| 34% | PELEG | 5 | Ship owner who described Ahab as "ungodly, god-like" |
| 34% | ROSALIND | 8 | Shakespeare heroine who, dressed as a man, flees with her friend Celia in "As You Like It" |
| 33% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character described as "blindly seeking with a six inch blade to reach the fathom-deep life of the whale" |
| 33% | TUNES | 5 | Gets ready, as a grand |
| 32% | AHAB | 4 | "A grand, ungodly, godlike man" in fiction |
| 32% | CIS | 3 | Like someone AMAB who identifies as a man |
| 32% | SMUG | 4 | Like a face some might describe as punchable |
| 32% | LIMO | 4 | Car sometimes described as a "stretch" |
| 32% | KEROUAC | 7 | Novelist Jack whom Time once described as “a kind of literary James Dean” |
| 32% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical twin described as a "cunning hunter" |
| 32% | OVAL | 4 | Shape sometimes described as a "squashed circle" |
| 32% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste described as a "meaty, savory deliciousness" |
| 31% | AHAB | 4 | "Grand, ungodly, god-like" character of fiction |
| 31% | SIMILE | 6 | Literary device such as "Like a rolling stone" |
| 31% | OGRE | 4 | D&D beast described as a "large giant" |
| 31% | CROSSOVER | 9 | Adjective describing a performer like 30-Across who's successful singing pop as well as classical music |
| 31% | AHAB | 4 | Melville's "ungodly, god-like man" |