| 100% | ROSS | 4 | Lord in Shakespeare's "Richard II" |
| 68% | CARLISLE | 8 | Bishop who supported Richard II, in Shakespeare |
| 56% | BURBAGE | 7 | Richard, lead in the Lord Chamberlain's Men troupe |
| 56% | EDWARDV | 7 | Boy king in Shakespeare's "Richard III" |
| 55% | ROSS | 4 | "King Richard II" lord |
| 51% | RAMBURES | 8 | French lord in William Shakespeare play Henry V |
| 49% | III | 3 | The Richard in a Shakespeare title |
| 47% | SAYST | 5 | Speak, in Shakespeare's time |
| 47% | VESTITURE | 9 | Clothing, in Shakespeare's day |
| 47% | IAGO | 4 | Villain in Shakespeare's "Othello" |
| 47% | ERE | 3 | "Before," in Shakespeare's day |
| 47% | ACTS | 4 | Divisions in Shakespeare's plays |
| 47% | AVON | 4 | Place in Shakespeare's nickname |
| 47% | IAGO | 4 | Schemer in Shakespeare's "Othello" |
| 46% | CORDELIA | 8 | Protagonist in Shakespeare's King Lear |
| 46% | ALONSO | 6 | King in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" |
| 46% | BANQUO | 6 | Ghostly character in Shakespeare's Macbeth |
| 46% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Venetian beauty in Shakespeare's Othello |
| 46% | IAGO | 4 | Main antagonist in Shakespeare's "Othello" |
| 46% | VIOL | 4 | Instrument popular in Shakespeare's day |
| 46% | ALAS | 4 | Regretful word, in Shakespeare's time |
| 46% | ANTONIO | 7 | Villain in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" |
| 46% | IAGO | 4 | Evil schemer in Shakespeare's "Othello" |
| 46% | IAGO | 4 | Villainous schemer in Shakespeare's "Othello" |
| 46% | RICHARDII | 9 | First play in Shakespeare’s Henriad |
| 46% | FIE | 3 | Disapproving cry in Shakespeare's play |
| 46% | ESCANES | 7 | Lord of Tyre in William Shakespeare play Pericles; respondent to Helicanus |
| 45% | MACBETH | 7 | Character in Shakespeare's tragedy about witches |
| 45% | MIRANDA | 7 | Daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's Tempest |
| 45% | TAMORA | 6 | Gothic queen in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus |