| 100% | BARTLEBY | 8 | Melville character with the mantra "I would prefer not to" |
| 41% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me Not to Come": 3 wds. |
| 40% | HYDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What Jekyll would prefer not to have? |
| 40% | FRODO | 5 | "I will take the Ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way" speaker |
| 38% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 38% | DEFDOGNIGHT | 11 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" |
| 38% | DIDO | 4 | Character with the aria "When I am laid in earth" |
| 37% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics, "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 37% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 37% | URKEL | 5 | TV character with the catchphrase "Did I do that?" |
| 37% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character with the catchphrase "Thanks for noticing me" |
| 36% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Melville novel with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 36% | FRODO | 5 | Fictional character who says "I will take the ring, though I do not know the way" |
| 35% | ELLIE | 5 | Goulding with the 2018 hit "Close to Me" |
| 35% | COMPANY | 7 | Who keeps __ with the wolf will learn to howl |
| 35% | TOUGHCOOKIE | 11 | Not the easiest person to deal with |
| 34% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | De Niro movie with the line "You talkin' to me?" |
| 34% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 34% | OUTS | 4 | On the __ with; not speaking to |
| 34% | IFNOT | 5 | "___ you, I will take someone else to the prom": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MONEYBALL | 9 | Sports movie with the line "I pay you to get on first, not get thrown out at second" |
| 33% | BALIHAI | 7 | Show tune with the repeated line "Come to me, come to me!" |
| 33% | BLEND | 5 | Infiltration tactic 3: Mix together with the crowd to not stand out |
| 33% | GOTYE | 5 | Singer with the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 33% | GOTYE | 5 | One-named singer with the hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 33% | ALDA | 4 | Actor with the 2007 memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 33% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé hit with the line "Think I'm addicted to your light" |
| 33% | INNOCENT | 8 | The only papal name to have ever begun with I |
| 33% | YOUTELLME | 9 | “Why would I know the answer to that?” |
| 33% | IASSUMESO | 9 | "That would make the most sense to me" |