| 100% | DANTON | 6 | Prominent figure in the Reign of Terror |
| 53% | LIX | 3 | Year in the reign of Nero |
| 52% | LANCEITO | 8 | Prominent figure in the O. J. Simpson murder trial |
| 52% | MCLXI | 5 | Year in the reign of Louis VII |
| 52% | DXL | 3 | Year in the reign of Justinian I |
| 52% | MLXI | 4 | Year in the reign of Philip I |
| 52% | MCCC | 4 | Year in the reign of Edward I |
| 52% | MDL | 3 | Year in the reign of Edward VI |
| 52% | CLI | 3 | Year in the reign of Pius I |
| 52% | CLV | 3 | Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius |
| 52% | CLI | 3 | Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius |
| 52% | JACOBINS | 8 | Radical group that devised the Reign of Terror |
| 52% | MDL | 3 | Year in the reign of Ivan the Terrible |
| 52% | DLX | 3 | Year in the reign of Justinian the Great |
| 52% | ONEBC | 5 | Year in the reign of the emperor Augustus |
| 52% | CMII | 4 | Year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| 51% | ELI | 3 | Figure in the Book of Samuel |
| 51% | MLI | 3 | Year in the reign of Macbeth, in Scottish history |
| 51% | CMI | 3 | Third year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| 51% | MCL | 3 | Year in the reign of England's King Stephen |
| 51% | GUEVARA | 7 | Figure in the 26th of July Movement |
| 49% | HELLE | 5 | Figure in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | Figure in the top left of a crossword grid |
| 49% | TIDE | 4 | Prominent phenomenon in the Bay of Fundy |
| 49% | ARCH | 4 | Prominent shape in the skyline of St. Louis |
| 48% | MOSES | 5 | Key figure in the Book of Exodus |
| 48% | MOSES | 5 | Major figure in the Book of Exodus |
| 47% | ZOMBIES | 7 | Menacing figures in the 2004 movie "Shaun of the Dead" |
| 46% | GIJOE | 5 | Uniformed action figure in the National Toy Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MONK | 4 | Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" |