| 100% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 56% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one |
| 52% | OPENLETTER | 10 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s message from Birmingham Jail, for one |
| 47% | DRUMMAJOR | 9 | "The ___ Instinct": Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermon from Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church in February 1968 |
| 46% | ORATOR | 6 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 46% | ATLANTAN | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 46% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 44% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King had one |
| 43% | SELMA | 5 | City famously visited by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 |
| 43% | NOBEL | 5 | Peace Prize won by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 |
| 43% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 43% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | “Interstellar” actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma” |
| 42% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | He plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 42% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 41% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 41% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 41% | OYELOWO | 7 | David —, actor who portrayed Dr Martin Luther King, Jr in 2014 biopic Selma |
| 41% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 41% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 40% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 40% | PHDS | 4 | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| 40% | RFK | 3 | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |
| 40% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |
| 39% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | British-Nigerian actor who played American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 38% | ATLANTA | 7 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace |