| 100% | ISHEDEAD | 8 | Mark Twain farce about a painter who fakes his own demise |
| 37% | JUSTIFIED | 9 | TV show about a marshal who makes his own Justice |
| 36% | PUDDNHEADWILSON | 15 | Mark Twain novel about a Northern lawyer who moves to the Deep South, featuring a New York college |
| 29% | DOA | 3 | 1949 film noir about a man investigating his own murder |
| 29% | DOA | 3 | Classic film noir about a man investigating his own murder |
| 29% | MENATALIE | 9 | 1969 movie about a woman who falls in love with an aspiring painter in Greenwich Village that marked Al Pacino's debut: 2 wds. |
| 29% | VANDYKE | 7 | Court painter who gave his name to a beard |
| 28% | DOA | 3 | Classic film noir about a man's search for his own killer |
| 28% | DALI | 4 | Surrealist painter with a book about his mustache |
| 28% | LEAR | 4 | King who rants about his daughters during a storm |
| 28% | DALI | 4 | Artist who co-authored a book about his mustache |
| 27% | ZORRO | 5 | Hero who leaves a Z-shaped mark on his enemies |
| 27% | DELILAH | 7 | Tom Jones hit about a man who murders his lover |
| 27% | EYE | 3 | "Cat's ___," 1988 novel by Margaret Atwood about a painter, Elaine Risley who looks back at her younger days |
| 26% | THECATTHATSITS | 14 | Start of a Mark Twain quote about jumping to conclusions |
| 26% | FRANKENWEENIE | 13 | 2012 stop-motion movie about a mad scientist who brings his bull terrier back from the dead |
| 26% | SSSSSSS | 7 | 1973 horror flick about a doctor who turns his assistant into a cobra |
| 26% | SIMON | 5 | Playwright who got a Mark Twain Prize |
| 25% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 Clapton song about a woman who "got him on his knees" |
| 25% | TOOTLE | 6 | Little Golden Book about a young train who likes to go off his tracks to play in a meadow |
| 25% | HAILCAESAR | 10 | Coen Brothers comedy about a Hollywood fixer who must keep his studio's stars out of trouble: 2 wds. |
| 25% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 25% | CHEF | 4 | Jon Favreau film about a cook who quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck |
| 25% | CHEF | 4 | Jon Favreau film about a cook who loses his restaurant job and buys a food truck |
| 25% | GENESIMMONS | 11 | Kiss bassist/singer who starred in an A&E reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LEMON | 5 | "The ___ Drop Kid," 1951 comedy about a con artist who is given a Christmas day deadline to pay off his debts |
| 24% | FEY | 3 | Tina who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 24% | UNCLEBUCK | 9 | 1989 comedy about a slob who acts as a babysitter for his nieces and nephew: 2 wds. |
| 24% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Heavy metal singer who starred in a 2002-2005 MTV reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 24% | QUICKEXCHANGEARTIST | 19 | Painter who makes a fast substitution? |