| 100% | MAYA | 4 | Moore who's a four-time WNBA champion with the Minnesota Lynx |
| 61% | MAYA | 4 | WNBA great Moore who won four championships with the Minnesota Lynx |
| 41% | KOBE | 4 | Bryant who was a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers |
| 40% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who's won the show a record six times as a dancer: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SYLVIAFOWLES | 12 | Center for the Minnesota Lynx who was the WNBA Finals MVP in 2015 and 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SYLVIAFOWLES | 12 | Minnesota Lynx center who was the WNBA Finals MVP in 2015 and 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NAOMI | 5 | With 33-Across, four-time Grand Slam champion who was one of the cohosts of the 2021 Met Gala |
| 38% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Basketball great who has been honored with the Best WNBA Player ESPY Award four times (2 wds.) |
| 37% | STEPHCURRY | 10 | Three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors who's also the executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Bird who won four WNBA titles with the Seattle Storm |
| 35% | OLD | 3 | 2021 thriller with the tagline "It's only a matter of time" |
| 35% | KRISTIYAMAGUCHI | 15 | Olympic gold medalist who was a "Dancing With the Stars" champion |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 34% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | Four-time Masters champion who designed the Aviara Golf Club in California: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JANEFONDA | 9 | Actress who's costarred with Robert Redford four times in the past 50 years, most recently in "Our Souls at Night": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MOORE | 5 | Four-time 9-Across champion Maya who won two Olympic gold medals with the United States |
| 34% | HALO | 4 | Xbox game series with the A.I. character who inspired Microsoft's voice-assistant Cortana |
| 34% | HALO | 4 | Xbox game series with the A.I. character who inspired Microsoft's voice assistant Cortana |
| 33% | BRETTFAVRE | 10 | Quarterback who was a starter with the Minnesota Vikings in 2010 at age 41: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WNBA | 4 | The Minnesota Lynx's org. |
| 33% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |
| 33% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, four-time NBA Champion who has his own sneaker line with Nike |
| 33% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 33% | DEMI | 4 | Lovato who starred on the Disney Channel's "Sonny With a Chance" |
| 33% | BOTHA | 5 | Wendy ___, surfer who is a four-time world surfing champion |
| 33% | OCTET | 5 | Group four times the size of a duo |
| 33% | KANSAS | 6 | Rock band with the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" who share a name with Topeka's state |
| 33% | FLORIDA | 7 | ___ Georgia Line, country music duo with the hit "Cruise" who share a name with Miami's state |
| 32% | NICKFALDO | 9 | Knight who's a three-time Masters champion |
| 32% | SANS | 4 | Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech |