| 100% | KROC | 4 | Ray who built the McDonald's empire |
| 81% | KROC | 4 | Ray who created the McDonald's empire |
| 61% | KROC | 4 | Ray who built McDonald's into a giant |
| 48% | KROC | 4 | Ray who founded McDonald's |
| 48% | KROC | 4 | Ray who franchised McDonald's |
| 47% | KROC | 4 | Ray who helped globalize McDonald's |
| 47% | RAYKROC | 7 | Founder of the McDonald's empire |
| 46% | EIFFEL | 6 | Engineer who built the Statue of Liberty’s framework |
| 46% | KINGKONG | 8 | The gorilla who climbed the Empire State Building |
| 45% | KINGKONG | 8 | Fictional ape who famously climbs the Empire State Building: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KROC | 4 | Ray who's the subject of the 2016 biopic "The Founder" |
| 43% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who built the Domus Aurea |
| 43% | NOAH | 4 | Man who built the 23 Across |
| 42% | ARTDECO | 7 | The Empire State Building's design style (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LIMESTONE | 9 | Material for the Empire State Building's facade |
| 39% | OLA | 3 | ___ Ray, actress who appeared in the video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" |
| 39% | WRAY | 4 | Guest of honor at the Empire State Building's 60th anniversary |
| 39% | ROMANO | 6 | Ray who stars on the Epix series "Get Shorty" |
| 39% | RACHAEL | 7 | Ray who hosts the Yum-o! virtual cooking camp |
| 39% | ROMANO | 6 | Ray who voices Manny in the "Ice Age" movies |
| 39% | LIOTTA | 6 | Actor Ray who narrated AMC's 8-part series "The Making of the Mob: New York" |
| 39% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Six-time Masters champion who built The Bear's Club golf resort in Florida: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HOOKE | 5 | Robert —, English scientist born in 1635 who built the first Gregorian telescope |
| 38% | NOEL | 4 | "Who Built the Moon?" rock band ___ Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
| 38% | BOLGER | 6 | Ray who portrayed the scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz” |
| 38% | EDIFICE | 7 | The Empire State Building, for one |
| 38% | CARA | 4 | Actress Delevingne who's joined the cast of "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 37% | DECO | 4 | Like the Empire State Building |
| 37% | ARTDECO | 7 | Like the Empire State Building |
| 37% | AUDRA | 5 | Actress McDonald who plays Madame de Garderobe in 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" |