| 100% | MAINE | 5 | Portland's state and setting of many a Stephen King novels |
| 66% | MAINE | 5 | Setting of many a Stephen King novel |
| 48% | MAINE | 5 | State where Stephen King lives (and sets many of his books) |
| 46% | MAINE | 5 | State where many Stephen King novels are set |
| 46% | EERIE | 5 | Like many a Stephen King novel |
| 43% | MAINE | 5 | Stephen King's home state that is a homonym of "main" |
| 43% | MAINE | 5 | New England state where many Stephen King novels are set |
| 42% | CARRIE | 6 | Stephen King novel about a prom and telekinesis |
| 42% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel set in a gift shop (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel about a town of vampires: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SALEMSLOT | 9 | Stephen King novel featuring a haunted house and vampires (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MAINE | 5 | Setting for many Stephen King novels |
| 39% | THESTAND | 8 | Stephen King novel about a group of people who survive a worldwide pandemic: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAINE | 5 | Where many Stephen King novels are set |
| 38% | EMERGENCYROOM | 13 | Setting of many a revival |
| 38% | BAR | 3 | Setting of many a joke |
| 38% | DUBROVNIK | 9 | A Croatian city and the set of King's Landing |
| 37% | PARC | 4 | Setting of many a Monet painting |
| 37% | HELL | 4 | Setting of many a "Far Side" comic |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | Setting of many a Winslow Homer painting |
| 37% | EERIE | 5 | Like a Stephen King novel |
| 36% | SALEM | 5 | Stephen King novel setting |
| 36% | SALEMSCLOT | 10 | Stephen King's tale of a witch town cardiologist? |
| 36% | KEY | 3 | "Duma ___" (Stephen King novel set on a Florida island) |
| 36% | CUJO | 4 | Rabid dog in a Stephen King novel |
| 36% | CUJO | 4 | Killer dog in a Stephen King novel |
| 36% | DORSET | 6 | Setting of many Hardy novels |
| 36% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 36% | THEODORE | 8 | ___ Roosevelt, American president who set a record for most handshakes by a head of state, at a New Year's function |
| 36% | CUJO | 4 | Title St. Bernard in a Stephen King novel |