| 100% | ABSALOM | 7 | Name repeated twice in William Faulkner's novel |
| 45% | ABSALOM | 7 | Biblical name repeated in a Faulkner title |
| 41% | MELINDA | 7 | Name repeated in Woody Allen's "___ and ___" |
| 39% | AUGUST | 6 | Faulkner's novel set in the 1930s: Light in __ |
| 38% | DEE | 3 | When repeated twice, the name of Dexter's sister |
| 38% | EIN | 3 | Letters repeating twice in "Einstein" |
| 37% | EIN | 3 | Letter sequence repeated twice in "Einstein" |
| 37% | IOWA | 4 | Name repeated in ___ City, ___ |
| 37% | TOM | 3 | Boy's name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | TOM | 3 | Name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | MARY | 4 | Name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | PETER | 5 | Name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | LOLA | 4 | Name repeated in "Whatever ___ wants, ___ gets" |
| 36% | LIGHTINAUGUST | 13 | 1932 William Faulkner novel |
| 36% | BOND | 4 | Name said twice in an introduction |
| 36% | MAHI | 4 | When repeated twice it's the name of a ray-finned fish: Hyph. |
| 35% | ASI | 3 | William Faulkner novel "___ Lay Dying": 2 wds. |
| 35% | IAMB | 4 | Poetry unit aptly found in William Blake's name |
| 35% | LOUIE | 5 | Name repeated in a 1963 hit song |
| 35% | YEAH | 4 | Word repeated in the name of Karen O's band |
| 35% | LOLA | 4 | Name repeated in the lyric "Whatever ___ wants, ___ gets" |
| 34% | AVON | 4 | Name in romance novels |
| 34% | HATED | 5 | Word repeated twice in a Roger Ebert title about bad movies |
| 34% | MARY | 4 | Name repeated before “quite contrary,” in a nursery rhyme |
| 34% | GLORY | 5 | Word repeated twice before "hallelujah," in song |
| 34% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |
| 33% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 William Faulkner novel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PHI | 3 | When repeated twice, an island group in Thailand |
| 33% | NAKED | 5 | William S. Burroughs classic novel __ Lunch |
| 33% | KGB | 3 | Org. in Beatriz Williams's novel "Our Woman in Moscow" |