| 100% | ERNEST | 6 | Novelist Hemingway, who was a main character in "Midnight in Paris" |
| 54% | SEURAT | 6 | Artist who is the main character in "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 54% | STARTREK | 8 | Spock is a main character in this TV series |
| 53% | OYL | 3 | Olive ___ who was the main character in "Thimble Theatre" before Popeye |
| 53% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Star, pink starfish who is a regular character in "SpongeBob SquarePants" |
| 52% | PENNYWISE | 9 | Evil clown who is the main character in Stephen King's novel "It" |
| 51% | ANNA | 4 | ___ and Elsa, princess duo who are the main characters in Disney's "Frozen" series |
| 50% | ROY | 3 | ___ Anderson, recurring character who is a warehouse employee in "The Office" |
| 49% | BURR | 4 | Vice president Aaron who is a character in "Hamilton" |
| 49% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HUMPTY | 6 | ___ Dumpty, popular nursery rhyme character who was a reformed antagonist in the "Shrek" universe |
| 49% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Connor, character who is a sidekick to the Terminator in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" |
| 48% | DIDDY | 5 | ___ Kong, monkey character who is a sidekick to Donkey Kong in the video game franchise |
| 48% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 48% | ALANRICKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Professor Snape and was a misunderstood character in "Harry Potter" series: 2 wds. |
| 48% | KAREN | 5 | ___ Filippelli, recurring character who is a Dunder Mifflin employee in "The Office" |
| 47% | IRIS | 4 | Novelist Murdoch who was played by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in a 2001 biopic |
| 47% | PESCI | 5 | Real-life actor Joe who is a character in Broadway's "Jersey Boys" |
| 47% | POLONIUS | 8 | Character in "Hamlet" who is stabbed while hiding behind a curtain |
| 47% | HOOK | 4 | Captain ___, popular character from "Peter Pan" who was a villain in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 45% | EIFFEL | 6 | Gustave —, French civil engineer after whom a tower in Paris is named |
| 45% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 45% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 45% | JEM | 3 | To Kill a Mockingbird character who is dead in Go Set a Watchman |
| 45% | RYU | 3 | Main character in Capcom's Street Fighter series whose "special move" was the subject of a scientific work last year |
| 44% | GHOST | 5 | ___ Rider, Latin American Marvel superhero who is a character in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." |
| 44% | SEINFELD | 8 | Sitcom whose four main characters are convicted of a crime in the final episode |
| 44% | MAC | 3 | "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," character who claims to be a karate expert |
| 44% | MICE | 4 | Three Blind ___, characters from a nursery rhyme who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 44% | DISNEY | 6 | Walt ___, entrepreneur who is a character in "Saving Mr. Banks" and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Orlando |