| 100% | NOMINEE | 7 | Person in the running for an Oscar |
| 83% | NOMINEE | 7 | Performer in the running for an Oscar |
| 63% | NOMINEE | 7 | One in the running for Oscars, say |
| 59% | ARLEN | 5 | Composer nominated for an Oscar for "Blues in the Night" |
| 56% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Father" star who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2021, becoming the oldest person to win an acting Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 56% | TESS | 4 | ___ Harper, actress nominated for an Oscar for her role in Crimes of the Heart |
| 56% | INGE | 4 | Playwright who won an Oscar for Splendor in the Grass |
| 55% | ADELE | 5 | "Rolling in the Deep" singer who won an Oscar for "Skyfall" |
| 55% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 55% | MARATHONER | 10 | Person who's in it for the long run? |
| 54% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress nominated for an Oscar for playing a music teacher in "Music of the Heart": 2 wds. |
| 54% | FOX | 3 | "___ in the henhouse," phrase for an untrustworthy person with a "sly" animal in it |
| 53% | HA-OTAT | 7 | Was in the running for |
| 53% | INGE | 4 | William who won an Oscar in '61 for Best Screenplay for "Splendor in the Grass" |
| 53% | CARLY | 5 | Singer/songwriter Simon who won a Grammy and an Oscar for "Let the River Run" |
| 53% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title nanny in "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "Spider-Man" actress who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LONGLISTS | 9 | Puts in the running for a prize |
| 52% | KODISMITMCPHEE | 14 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" actor who is nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | SRS | 3 | People in the yearbooks, for short |
| 51% | ROURKE | 6 | Mickey who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Wrestler" |
| 51% | EMMA | 4 | Stone who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Favourite" |
| 50% | HARRELSON | 9 | Woody —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The People vs Larry Flynt |
| 50% | SALTY | 5 | Making a comeback is this "sodium-rich" slangy term for an annoyed person that originated in the late 1930's |
| 49% | LEO | 3 | Actress Melissa who won an Oscar for her performance in "The Fighter" |
| 49% | EMT | 3 | Person in an ambulance, for short |
| 48% | EDMUNDGWENN | 11 | "Mister 880" actor who won an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle in the 1947 Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JESSEPLEMONS | 12 | "The Irishman" actor who is nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | PDT | 3 | In-person setting for the Emmys, but not the Oscars: Abbr. |