| 100% | AMIRIBARAKA | 11 | Poet and Black Arts Movement leader who called himself “a revolutionary optimist” |
| 36% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 34% | BARAKA | 6 | Poet Amiri who founded the Black Arts Movement |
| 34% | SITWELL | 7 | Edith —, English poet and critic who authored 1937 novel I Live Under a Black Sun |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Brian who calls himself a "non-musician" |
| 34% | SONIA | 5 | Black Arts Movement poet Sanchez |
| 34% | LEROI | 5 | Black Arts Movement poet Jones |
| 30% | BOBODENKIRK | 11 | "Better Call Saul" actor who auctioned a dinner with himself and David Cross to benefit the WGA strike: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PUTIN | 5 | World leader who's a judo black belt |
| 28% | ACTON | 5 | Harold —, Italy-born poet and art collector who died in 1994 |
| 28% | ACTON | 5 | Harold —, Italian-born poet and art collector who died in 1994 |
| 28% | SONIA | 5 | Poet Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement |
| 28% | TRUDEAU | 7 | World leader who once worked as a bouncer and a snowboarding instructor |
| 28% | UMPS | 4 | Officials who call balls and strikes at a baseball game, for short |
| 27% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespearean character who calls himself "a very foolish fond old man" |
| 27% | NENE | 4 | Rare black and grey bird also called a Hawaiian goose |
| 26% | PASOLINI | 8 | Poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo ___, who said, “To scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure” |
| 26% | ALE | 3 | The "tan" part of the mixed drink called a black and tan |
| 26% | FEMINISTS | 9 | People who support a political movement that calls for the equality of women |
| 26% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 26% | DANAI | 5 | Gurira who played a warrior in both Black Panther and The Walking Dead |
| 25% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TASSO | 5 | Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera |
| 25% | ROTH | 4 | Veronica ___, "Divergent" author who curated a Tumblr blog called "The Art of Not Writing" |
| 25% | LINTON | 6 | Monied actress and Instagrammer Louise who once called a critic “adorably out of touch” |
| 25% | SONIA | 5 | Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement |
| 25% | TUPAC | 5 | Rap star who called himself "Makaveli" |
| 25% | CHAN | 4 | Jackie ___, martial arts legend and actor who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 25% | MOLLYSIMS | 9 | Model/actress who authored a book on organizing and decorating called "Everyday Chic": 2 wds. |
| 25% | TERRA | 5 | Roman goddess who is a personification of the earth and is also called Mother Earth |