| 100% | TERKEL | 6 | Pulitzer winner for ''The Good War'' |
| 96% | TERKEL | 6 | 1985 Pulitzer winner for "The Good War" |
| 83% | KENNAN | 6 | Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War" |
| 74% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | "The Good War" Pulitzer Prize winner |
| 68% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | 1950 Pulitzer winner for the poetry collection "Annie Allen" |
| 68% | RUSSO | 5 | Richard ___, 2002 Pulitzer winner for the novel "Empire Falls" |
| 68% | HUR | 3 | "Ben-___" (Oscar winner for the Best Picture of 1959) |
| 67% | MICHENER | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Tales of the South Pacific" |
| 67% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| 66% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 64% | DOERR | 5 | Anthony __, Pulitzer winner for "All the Light We Cannot See" |
| 63% | IRA | 3 | Berkow, shared Pulitzer winner for the NYT series "How Race Is Lived in America" (2001) |
| 63% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 62% | WELTY | 5 | Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" |
| 62% | WELTY | 5 | Pulitzer winner for “The Optimist’s Daughter” |
| 61% | TARTT | 5 | Donna ___, 2014 Pulitzer winner for "The Goldfinch" |
| 60% | CANTI | 5 | Last words of the Best Song Oscar winner for 1939 |
| 60% | OPPIE | 5 | Nickname for the protagonist of 2024's Best Picture winner |
| 60% | LINMANUELMIRANDA | 16 | Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 60% | WALLACESTEVENS | 14 | Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 60% | TARTT | 5 | Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 60% | LACROSSE | 8 | The Cherokee deemed it good training for war |
| 59% | HAMILTON | 8 | Winner of the Tony for Best Musical in 2016 |
| 59% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 59% | AVENUEQ | 7 | Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical |
| 58% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 58% | EMINEM | 6 | Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| 57% | ADA | 3 | Winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, ___ Louise Huxtable |
| 57% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Best Director Oscar winner for the 2018 film "Roma": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SING | 4 | Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film |