| 100% | ODELL | 5 | Newbery-winning writer Scott |
| 72% | ODELL | 5 | Newbery-winning author Scott ___ |
| 72% | ODELL | 5 | Newbery-winning author Scott |
| 64% | LOUISSACHAR | 11 | Young-adult fiction writer who won the 1999 Newbery Medal for "Holes" |
| 62% | ODELL | 5 | Newbery Medal-winning author Scott ___ |
| 59% | SCOTTODELL | 10 | Writer whose children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" won a Newbery Medal in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ODELL | 5 | Newbery Medal winner Scott |
| 54% | KEY | 3 | Anthem writer Francis Scott ___ |
| 52% | ORSON | 5 | Sci-fi writer ___ Scott Card |
| 51% | LOIS | 4 | Writer Lowry with two Newbery Medals |
| 51% | KATE | 4 | Writer DiCamillo with two Newbery Medals |
| 49% | ORSON | 5 | ___ Scott Card, "Ender's Game" writer |
| 49% | SHEL | 4 | Writer Silverstein who has won two Grammys |
| 49% | CARD | 4 | Sci-fi writer Orson Scott ___ |
| 49% | ALAN | 4 | Eisner Award winning writer ___ Moore who wrote "V for Vendetta" |
| 47% | KEY | 3 | Francis Scott ___ ("The Star-Spangled Banner" writer) |
| 45% | OLDS | 4 | Writer Sharon who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry |
| 45% | WAITITI | 7 | Writer/director Taika who won an Oscar for "Jojo Rabbit" |
| 45% | KEY | 3 | Francis Scott ___, writer of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 45% | DALEC | 5 | "How to Win Friends and Influence People" writer |
| 45% | LOIS | 4 | Newbery-winning author ___ Lowry |
| 45% | IRENE | 5 | Newbery-winning author Hunt |
| 44% | GIL | 3 | ___ Scott-Heron, writer of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" |
| 44% | RUDIN | 5 | Producer Scott with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony wins |
| 44% | PATTON | 6 | 1970 George C. Scott film that won seven Oscars |
| 44% | DALE | 4 | "How To Win Friends and Influence People" writer Carnegie |
| 43% | ODELL | 5 | 1961 Newbery Medal winner Scott |
| 43% | ODELL | 5 | 1961 Newbery Medal winner Scott ___ |
| 43% | HOCH | 4 | Scott —, golfer who won the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1995 and 1997 |
| 43% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |