| 100% | OVERLOOK | 8 | Name of the hotel in Stephen King's The Shining |
| 70% | HEDGE | 5 | Essential and somewhat eery part of the maze in Stephen King's "The Shining" |
| 55% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," horror novel by Stephen King about a family's trip in the peak of winter to a desolate hotel |
| 55% | MONGKUT | 7 | Name of the king in The King and I |
| 53% | LOS | 3 | Alternate name of Stephen King's "Crimson King" from the "Dark Tower" series |
| 52% | PUMBAA | 6 | The name of the warthog in The Lion King |
| 52% | MUFASA | 6 | The name of Simba's father in The Lion King |
| 51% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 51% | CALLA | 5 | Stephen King's fifth book in his The Dark Tower series: "Wolves of the ___" |
| 51% | JACK | 4 | ___ Torrance, main antagonist in Stephen King's novel "The Shining" |
| 50% | TORRANCE | 8 | Jack __, main character in S. King's The Shining |
| 50% | GOOD | 4 | "A ___ Marriage," 2014 film based on Stephen King's novel of the same name |
| 49% | MIA | 3 | Name of the princess in Meg Cabot's "The Princess Diaries" |
| 49% | MCL | 3 | Year in the reign of England's King Stephen |
| 48% | SWAHILI | 7 | Source of most of the names in "The Lion King" |
| 48% | FEDCUP | 6 | Former name of the international women's tennis team competition renmaed in 2020 in honour of Billie Jean King |
| 48% | SHINING | 7 | Stephen King novel set in haunted hotel, The __ |
| 48% | YENSID | 6 | Name of the sorcerer in Disney's Fantasia |
| 47% | HOLDEN | 6 | First name of The Catcher in the Rye's narrator |
| 47% | MEREDITH | 8 | Name of the Grey in TV show Grey's Anatomy |
| 47% | CASITA | 6 | Name of the sentient house in Disney's Encanto |
| 46% | FED | 3 | — Cup, former name of the Billie Jean King Cup, won by Canada in 2023 |
| 46% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |
| 46% | CORN | 4 | Stephen King's "Children of the ___" |
| 45% | WOTAN | 5 | King of the gods in Wagner's "Ring" cycle |
| 45% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 45% | ZEKE | 4 | First name of the wolf in Disney's "The Big Bad Wolf" |
| 45% | MARCH | 5 | Last name of the sisters in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" |
| 45% | CAR | 3 | What the title character in Stephen King's "Christine" is |
| 45% | TOMCANTY | 8 | Name of the pauper in The Prince and the Pauper |