| 100% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Quick-witted close friend of Shakespeare's Romeo |
| 57% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Romeo's close friend and sidekick in the Shakespearean play, who is known for his quick wit and tragic fate |
| 48% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Surname of Shakespeare's Romeo |
| 47% | BENVOLIO | 8 | Cousin and friend of Romeo in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet |
| 44% | HERMIONE | 8 | Close friend of Harry Potter: __ Granger |
| 44% | LAFAYETTE | 9 | Close friend of Hamilton, in "Hamilton" |
| 43% | REDWEST | 7 | Close friend of Elvis, with colorful name |
| 43% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Friend of Romeo |
| 43% | POOH | 4 | Friend of Romeo |
| 42% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Legendary Supreme, close friend of Michael Jackson |
| 41% | LUCIO | 5 | Flamboyant bachelor friend of Claudio in William Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure |
| 40% | LYELL | 5 | Charles ___, Geologist who was a close friend of Darwin |
| 40% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo __, one of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers |
| 39% | COTERIE | 7 | Close circle of friends |
| 39% | SMIKE | 5 | Close friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 39% | BENVOLIO | 8 | Cousin of Romeo in Shakespeare's love story |
| 38% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Quick-tempered pal of romeo |
| 38% | ELOISE | 6 | Fifth Bridgerton child, and a close friend of Penelope Featherington in "Bridgerton" |
| 36% | BREVITY | 7 | Shakespeare said it is the soul of wit |
| 36% | CIRCLE | 6 | Group of close friends |
| 36% | FAM | 3 | Circle of close friends |
| 36% | {THE}LMA | 8 | Friend of Louise's |
| 36% | OLDCASTLE | 9 | John —, English Lollard leader, a friend of Henry V, who is reputedly the basis for William Shakespeare's character Falstaff |
| 35% | SONNETPROFITS | 13 | Some of Shakespeare's income? |
| 35% | AVON | 4 | River of Shakespeare's Stratford |
| 35% | CAPULET | 7 | Surname of Shakespeare's Juliet |
| 35% | LEAR | 4 | King of Shakespeare's tragedy |
| 35% | HAMNET | 6 | Name of Shakespeare's son |
| 35% | MACBETH | 7 | One of Shakespeare's plays |
| 35% | IMOGEN | 6 | Heroine of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” |