| 100% | DELL | 4 | Michael ___, founder and CEO of an American computer technology company named after his last name |
| 35% | DELLS | 5 | Computers named after company founder Michael |
| 34% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 34% | SARA | 4 | ___ Blakely, American billionaire businesswoman, and founder of Spanx, an American intimate apparel company |
| 31% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 30% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Page, American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who is currently the CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. |
| 30% | NAIAD | 5 | Word that's aptly an anagram of Diana Nyad's first name and a homophone of her last name |
| 30% | JAYZ | 4 | Professional name of Shawn Corey Carter who is an American rapper and founder of Roc-A-Fella Records: Hyph. |
| 30% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 30% | SNOOP | 5 | ___ Dogg, professional name of Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. who is an American rapper and had changed his alias in 2012 |
| 30% | DELLS | 5 | Michael who founded the giant computer company and his brother Adam who founded Civitas Learning and Buzzsaw.com |
| 29% | ARDEN | 5 | Last name of cosmetics company, founder Elizabeth |
| 29% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 29% | CADILLAC | 8 | American luxury car-maker named after the founder of Detroit |
| 29% | GERSHWIN | 8 | Last name of American composers George and Ira |
| 29% | LIGHTYEAR | 9 | An astronomical unit of distance; Buzz's last name |
| 28% | ONEAL | 5 | Last name of actor Ryan and his daughter, actress Tatum |
| 28% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 28% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 27% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 27% | MUSTANG | 7 | Ford model since 1964 named after an American breed of horse |
| 27% | BLU | 3 | Fictional macaw who is the protagonist of the "Rio" franchise and is named after his color |
| 27% | SEALE | 5 | An unincorporated community in Alabama and also the name of Bobby ___, an American political activist. |
| 27% | DALI | 4 | Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name |
| 26% | MARTHA | 6 | "___ Stewart Weddings," online wedding magazine named after the American businesswoman of the same name |
| 26% | ONEIDA | 6 | Global supplier of tableware and cutlery named after the NY community founded in 1848 |
| 26% | THEREMIN | 8 | Leon —, Russian inventor in 1920 of an electronic musical instrument that bears his name |
| 26% | HAAS | 4 | American Formula One racing team named after one of the largest machine tool companies in the world |
| 26% | EDSEL | 5 | Model of Ford motor car named after the son of founder of the company, Henry Ford |
| 26% | EDSEL | 5 | Model of Ford motor car named after the son of founder of the company Henry Ford |