| 100% | KALI | 4 | Master of death, in Hinduism |
| 55% | BANSHEE | 7 | Female spirit of death in Irish mythology |
| 55% | COMPERE | 7 | Master of ceremonies, in England |
| 55% | AZRAEL | 6 | Angel of death, in Judaism |
| 55% | OBIT | 4 | Notice of death, in brief |
| 55% | MCS | 3 | Masters of ceremonies, in short |
| 54% | BEANNIGHE | 9 | Laundry-loving omen of death in Scottish legend |
| 54% | CYANIDE | 7 | Cause of death in many a murder mystery |
| 54% | BANSHEES | 8 | Harbingers of death, in Irish mythology |
| 53% | MACABRE | 7 | Depiction of death in a weird or horrible way |
| 53% | MORTALITY | 9 | __ rate; e.g. number of deaths in a year |
| 53% | NANOOK | 6 | Master of the bears in Inuit religion |
| 53% | HELLHOUND | 9 | Omen of death in the form of a ghostly dog |
| 52% | AHPUCH | 6 | A name for god of death in Maya tradition; Cizin |
| 52% | ARTS | 4 | Master of ___ in Library Science (post-college degree) |
| 52% | THESITH | 7 | Masters of the Dark Side in Star Wars |
| 51% | SAMSARA | 7 | Cycle of death and rebirth in Buddhism |
| 50% | POISOND | 7 | Cause of death in the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" |
| 50% | NOOSE | 5 | Last method of death in Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" |
| 50% | NOOSE | 5 | Last method of death in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” |
| 50% | BARD | 4 | Master of song and magic in "Dungeons & Dragons" (anagram of "drab") |
| 49% | YODA | 4 | Tiny, green master of the Force, in "Star Wars" |
| 49% | CASUALTY | 8 | A death in war time is a __ of war |
| 49% | EBON | 4 | Color of Death's dart, in "Venus and Adonis" |
| 49% | POPPYDAY | 8 | Date to remember deaths in duty of armed forces |
| 49% | THEJEDI | 7 | __ are masters of the Light Side in Star Wars |
| 49% | KALI | 4 | Wife of Shiva, in Hinduism |
| 49% | ATMAN | 5 | Principle of life, in Hinduism |
| 49% | POISONDART | 10 | Cause of death in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Sign of the Four” |
| 49% | POZZO | 5 | Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot |