| 100% | RECUE | 5 | Prompt, as a forgetful actor |
| 71% | CUE | 3 | Helpful prompt for a forgetful actor |
| 62% | CUED | 4 | Like many a forgetful actor |
| 62% | LINE | 4 | Shout from a forgetful actor |
| 59% | RECUE | 5 | Help a forgetful actor |
| 57% | PROMPT | 6 | Give lines to a forgetful actor |
| 57% | CUE | 3 | Stage signal for a forgetful actor |
| 57% | LINEPLEASE | 10 | Sheepish request from a forgetful actor |
| 56% | LINE | 4 | What a forgetful actor may ask for |
| 54% | CUEING | 6 | Working as a prompter |
| 54% | RECUE | 5 | Prompt again, as an actor |
| 50% | CUE | 3 | Line that serves as a signal for another actor |
| 48% | CUING | 5 | Providing prompts to a stage actor |
| 48% | ACTED | 5 | Played a part, as an actor |
| 48% | CUECARDS | 8 | Prompting words, such as in a Bob Dylan video |
| 47% | RONNY | 5 | Director Howard, as a child actor |
| 47% | CUE | 3 | Actor's prompt on a stage |
| 47% | CUE | 3 | Actor's prompt from a card |
| 46% | PITT | 4 | Actor Brad who has a cameo as Vanisher in "Deadpool 2" |
| 45% | LOVEACTUALLY | 12 | 2003 holiday romantic comedy with Martin Freeman as a stand-in actor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALDA | 4 | Two-time Emmy winner as best actor in a comedy |
| 45% | CUTS | 4 | Lets go of, as an actor after a bad audition |
| 44% | EJIOFOR | 7 | Actor Chiwetel who stars as 14-/18-Across in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 44% | MCRAE | 5 | Actor Mo who had a recurring role as Tyler on "Sons of Anarchy" |
| 44% | LON | 3 | Horror actor Chaney known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 44% | LON | 3 | Horror actor Chaney known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 44% | MEL | 3 | Voice actor Blanc known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| 44% | DEBUT | 5 | First appearance, as a new actor in a movie, say |
| 44% | PILLAGEANDUNDERPLAY | 19 | What a timid actor might do as a pirate? |
| 44% | DANIELRADCLIFFE | 15 | As a 16-year-old actor, youngest nonroyal with an individual portrait in Britain's National Portrait Gallery |