| 100% | GLOBEAWARD | 10 | Prize for "1917" in 2020 |
| 58% | BLACKHOLES | 10 | Objects of study for Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez, recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics (October, 2020) |
| 58% | IPO | 3 | Airbnb had one in 2020, for short |
| 56% | LPS | 3 | In 2020, they outsold CDs for the first time since 1986 |
| 55% | ADA | 3 | Civil rights law that turned 30 in 2020, for short |
| 55% | SNL | 3 | Show with three "At Home" episodes in 2020, for short |
| 54% | MIL | 3 | Prize in a popular game show, for short |
| 54% | NOBEL | 5 | ___ Prize in Physics (honor for Albert Einstein) |
| 54% | NAN | 3 | Robertson who received a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1983 |
| 54% | SAVEDBYTHEBELL | 14 | 1989-1993 teen sitcom rebooted in 2020 for Peacock: 4 wds. |
| 54% | OHARA | 5 | Catherine who won an Emmy in 2020 for "Schitt's Creek" |
| 54% | PIANOTUNA | 9 | Fish prized for its scales and found mainly in the Keys? |
| 53% | LONGLISTS | 9 | Puts in the running for a prize |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Jay who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014 |
| 52% | TONYAWARD | 9 | Prize given for excellence in Broadway |
| 51% | VINYL | 5 | Medium that outsold CDs in 2020 for the first time since the 1980s |
| 51% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family" |
| 51% | OLYMPICS | 8 | Sporting event scheduled for 2020 in Tokyo, with "the" |
| 51% | CLAWGAME | 8 | Arcade attraction in which prizes are up for grabs? |
| 51% | EMMYAWARD | 9 | Prize given for excellence in US television |
| 51% | YANG | 4 | Andrew who ran for president in 2020 |
| 51% | LENO | 4 | Jay ___, TV host who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014 |
| 51% | SUMMER | 6 | Ali Smith's book which won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction in 2021 |
| 51% | CONAN | 5 | O’Brien who was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, in 2025 |
| 50% | LIZZO | 5 | Winner of three Grammys in 2020, including Best Pop Solo Performance for “Truth Hurts” |
| 50% | ODIST | 5 | 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner Sharon Olds, for one |
| 50% | MULAN | 5 | Title role for Yifei Liu in a 2020 Disney film |
| 50% | LORNEMICHAELS | 13 | "SNL" producer who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CRUZ | 4 | Nilo —, author of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama-winning stage play Anna in the Tropics |
| 50% | CORAZONAQUINO | 13 | Former Philippine president who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 1996: 2 wds. |