| 100% | RIPENESSISALL | 13 | Much-quoted line from Edgar in "King Lear" |
| 50% | EXILE | 5 | Edgar in "King Lear," e.g. |
| 48% | EDMUND | 6 | Edgar's scheming brother in King Lear |
| 42% | EDMUND | 6 | Gloucester's illegitimate son in King Lear |
| 41% | BARS | 4 | Lines from a rapper, in slang |
| 40% | YES | 3 | "___, a thousand times ___" (much-quoted line from "Pride and Prejudice") |
| 39% | CORDELIA | 8 | King Lear's youngest daughter in the play |
| 39% | GONERIL | 7 | King Lear's eldest daughter in the play |
| 38% | ETC | 3 | Tripled, a line from "The King and I" |
| 37% | RAY | 3 | Line extending from a point, in geometry |
| 36% | ELS | 3 | Most IRT lines in the Bronx, e.g. |
| 36% | IMNEXT | 6 | Cry from the first in line |
| 36% | NAME | 4 | First line in most application forms |
| 35% | HENRYVIII | 9 | English king split from the church in Rome |
| 34% | GONERIL | 7 | Eldest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 34% | RUNCIMAN | 8 | John —, Scottish artist whose works include 1767 oil King Lear in the Storm |
| 34% | REGAN | 5 | Middle daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 34% | CORDELIA | 8 | Youngest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 34% | UPON | 4 | Second word in opening line of most fairy tales |
| 34% | IAGO | 4 | Villain in "Othello" who has more lines than Othello |
| 34% | AGO | 3 | Most-used word in fairy tale beginning line |
| 34% | CAD | 3 | Bounder from Piccadilly, in more ways than one |
| 34% | RUNCIMAN | 8 | John —, Scottish artist whose works include 1767 oil painting King Lear in the Storm |
| 34% | ONGAR | 5 | London Tube station that became disused when the line from Epping closed in 1994 |
| 33% | HEIR | 4 | ___ to the throne (next in line to be king, perhaps) |
| 33% | SWAHILI | 7 | Source of most of the names in "The Lion King" |
| 33% | IDLER | 5 | One in an airport taxi line, for the most part |
| 33% | HITME | 5 | Words before the title line in ". . . Baby One More Time" |
| 33% | EARLS | 5 | Gloucester and Kent, in “King Lear” |
| 33% | SSNS | 4 | Figs. that Marnie Edgar has more than one of in Marnie |