| 100% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Persona that antagonists adopt in the "Scream" franchise, whose look could inspire your simple but scary Halloween mask |
| 65% | MAN | 3 | ___ in the Mask, one of the antagonists from "The Strangers" whose look could inspire your simple but scary Halloween mask |
| 52% | MYERS | 5 | Michael ___, antagonist from the "Halloween" franchise whose look could aptly inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 47% | FRANK | 5 | ___ the Rabbit, monstrous figure seen in "Donnie Darko" whose look could inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 47% | JASON | 5 | ___ Voorhees, antagonist of the "Friday the 13th" series whose look could inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 47% | LECTER | 6 | Hannibal ___, antagonist of "The Silence of the Lambs" whose look could inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 28% | CAP | 3 | Surgical ___, headwear worn in the operating room to maintain sterilization that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 25% | MIRAGE | 6 | Water in the Sahara that you may see but can't feel |
| 23% | STAB | 4 | Movie-within-a-movie in the Scream franchise |
| 23% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Antagonist with a mask in the "Scream" movies who made everyone scream |
| 22% | SCARS | 5 | Fake wounds that you could wear to enhance the gruesome appearance of your "Zombie" Halloween costume |
| 22% | MEAD | 4 | Lake ___, largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam |
| 22% | GAUZE | 5 | Absorbent cloth used in medical care for bandages that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 22% | STYLE | 5 | 2016 song by Taylor Swift with the lyrics, "You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye..." |
| 21% | EMMA | 4 | In the morning, yours truly looked up woman |
| 21% | LAB | 3 | ___ coat, white garment worn over clothes in a medical setting that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 20% | TONSIL | 6 | Body part in the throat that can be removed |
| 20% | SKI | 3 | In the sports world, word that can follow "jet," "water," or "snow" |
| 20% | LARD | 4 | Fat in the can that may be used in cooking |
| 20% | UFO | 3 | Thing in the sky that can't be explained: Abbr. |
| 20% | SCREAM | 6 | Scary movie that inspired the spoof "Scary Movie" |
| 20% | ICYSTARE | 8 | Look that might freeze you in your tracks |
| 20% | TOILET | 6 | The device in a bathroom that can flush |
| 20% | OPENER | 6 | Can ___ (tool that helps in bringing out the contents) |
| 20% | CROATIA | 7 | Country that adopted the euro in 2023 |
| 20% | LOUISVUITTON | 12 | Fashion house that collaborated with the Final Fantasy XIII video game franchise in 2016 to create a new look for the heroine Lightning (2 wds.) |
| 20% | UFO | 3 | Item in the sky that could figure into a conspiracy theory: Abbr. |
| 20% | SKILLETS | 8 | Things in the kitchen that might be seasoned but aren’t eaten |
| 19% | HAD | 3 | "....we ___ seasons in the sun but the hills that we climbed..." (Westlife lyrics) |
| 19% | BOMB | 4 | Piece in the game Stratego that can only be defeated by a Miner |