| 100% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character in a John Hughes film |
| 65% | ATTY | 4 | Many a character in John Grisham novels (Abbr.) |
| 63% | WANDA | 5 | Title character in a 1988 John Cleese film |
| 63% | OWN | 3 | Title character in a 1988 John Cleese film |
| 57% | ALONE | 5 | Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe |
| 55% | PRETTYINPINK | 12 | 1986 John Hughes film in which Annie Potts played the manager of a record store: 3 wds. |
| 54% | SPY | 3 | Many a character in "The Americans" |
| 54% | SLEEPERAGENT | 12 | Many a character in "The Americans" |
| 54% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character in YA fiction |
| 54% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | 1983 film in which astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016) was a character: 3 wds. |
| 53% | ELF | 3 | Many a character in "The Rings of Power" |
| 53% | PESCE | 5 | Many a character in Alla Ricerca di Nemo |
| 53% | CIAAGENT | 8 | Many a role in the Jason Bourne films |
| 53% | WANDA | 5 | Fish in a John Cleese film |
| 53% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character in the musical "Be More Chill" |
| 53% | TEENAGER | 8 | Many a character in the "Sweet Valley High" novels |
| 53% | BEATNIK | 7 | Many a character in Kerouac's "On the Road" |
| 52% | GENIE | 5 | Blue character in a 1992 Disney film |
| 52% | ALIEN | 5 | Many a character in the "Star Control" video game series |
| 52% | HANNAH | 6 | Title character in a 1986 Woody Allen film |
| 52% | SONIC | 5 | Video game character in a hit 2020 film |
| 52% | MADEA | 5 | Title character in a Tyler Perry film franchise |
| 52% | ALIEN | 5 | Many a "Men in Black" character |
| 51% | CLUB | 4 | "The Breakfast ___" (John Hughes film set in a high-school library) |
| 51% | PIPEDREAM | 9 | What many a character in "The Iceman Cometh" expresses |
| 51% | LATINA | 6 | Many a female In the Heights character |
| 51% | ROLE | 4 | Character in a film or TV show |
| 51% | NUN | 3 | Many a character in Veronica Black's book "A Vow of Silence" |
| 51% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character in Ann M. Martin's "The Baby-Sitters Club" |
| 50% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |