| 100% | HARPO | 5 | Ms. Winfrey’s production company (which is a semordnilap of her first name) |
| 65% | HARPO | 5 | Winfrey's production company, which is her first name spelled backwards |
| 39% | LAILA | 5 | First name of Muhammad Ali's daughter, who was also a boxer |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania's "Gem City" which is also the name of a lake |
| 37% | ATCO | 4 | Old record company which was a division of Atlantic Records: Abbr. |
| 37% | USAIN | 5 | First name of a sprinter whose surname is Bolt |
| 37% | PAT | 3 | First name of the singer of Love is a Battlefield |
| 36% | UEL | 3 | First name of the NW Missouri State U. president (1921-45) after which Maryville's Lamkin Activity Center is named |
| 36% | AMALA | 5 | Doja Cat's given first name, for which her debut album is named |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | Media mogul whose production company is her name in reverse |
| 36% | RASSELAS | 8 | Name by which Samuel Johnson's 1759 novel The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale is also known |
| 35% | KIWI | 4 | Flightless bird which is the name of a shoe polish brand |
| 35% | GENERALELECTRIC | 15 | Company of which Thomas Edison was once a director |
| 35% | ISSA | 4 | First name of both a co-creator of Insecure and the character she plays |
| 35% | DELANO | 6 | Name of a family from which Franklin Roosevelt was descended |
| 35% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |
| 35% | THEOFFICE | 9 | Steve Carell's TV series which was adapted from a BBC series of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LAILA | 5 | First name of a world champion boxer who was daughter to a world champion boxer |
| 35% | VIOLET | 6 | ___ Anne Affleck, celebrity whose first name is shared with a shade of purple |
| 34% | JADA | 4 | First name of Will Smith's wife |
| 34% | JOJOSIWA | 8 | She was a member of the first same-sex dancing partnership on Dancing With the Stars |
| 34% | EON | 3 | James Bond production company that shares its name with a long period of time |
| 34% | NAN | 3 | River in Thailand which is also the name of a "Game of Thrones" character |
| 34% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 34% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient region of Turkey for which a sea is named |
| 34% | NAMIB | 5 | Desert of southern Africa after which a country is named |
| 34% | BED | 3 | Piece of furniture for which a specific room is named |
| 34% | IHOP | 4 | Breakfast chain which is a sister concern of Applebee's |
| 34% | STEDMAN | 7 | First name of Oprah Winfrey's partner Graham |