| 100% | INGLE | 5 | Richard —, English seaman and tobacco trader who took control of Maryland, North America in 1645 |
| 27% | BRAUTIGAN | 9 | Richard —, author of novels In Watermelon Sugar and Trout Fishing in America |
| 27% | BRAUTIGAN | 9 | Richard —, author of the novels In Watermelon Sugar and Trout Fishing in America |
| 27% | SMUGGLER | 8 | Someone who illegally takes goods in and out of a country |
| 26% | ACTON | 5 | John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 |
| 26% | GALLAGHER | 9 | English singer and frontman of the band Oasis, Liam, who released his debut solo album in October |
| 25% | MASON | 5 | Charles —, astronomer who, with Jeremiah Dixon, surveyed the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial America |
| 25% | OWNSIT | 6 | Takes control of the narrative, in a way |
| 24% | PENN | 4 | William —, English Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America |
| 24% | ANNEBURRELL | 11 | Celebrity chef who hosts Food Network's "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef" and "Worst Cooks in America" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain in North America which is one of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1913 |
| 24% | ANGLE | 5 | Member of a people from north Germany who invaded and settled large parts of England in the 5th and 6th centuries |
| 24% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Rooney, English footballer who played for DC United in MLS and was one of the highest paid MLS players in 2019 |
| 24% | AJLANGER | 8 | "My So-Called Life" actress who now holds the title Countess of Devon and lives in an English castle: 3 wds. |
| 23% | GIGWORKER | 9 | Person who takes temporary jobs in the service sector (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 23% | PICT | 4 | Member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde between the 1st and 4th centuries |
| 23% | BYRD | 4 | William —, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sundrie Natures |
| 23% | ARAGORN | 7 | Ranger of the North and heir of Isildur who is portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in "The Lord of the Rings" films |
| 23% | NASH | 4 | Richard 'Beau' —, English dandy who died in 1761 |
| 23% | GERE | 4 | Richard of “Sommersby” and “Autumn in New York” |
| 23% | GADD | 4 | Richard, writer of and actor in Baby Reindeer |
| 23% | BREATHING | 9 | Taking air in and out of the lungs |
| 23% | STONE | 5 | Joss —, English singer and actress who portrayed Anne of Cleves in US television drama series The Tudors |
| 23% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 23% | HOLLAND | 7 | Tom who took over the role of Spider-Man in 2016 |
| 22% | OCELOT | 6 | Spotted cat of North and South America |
| 22% | COMPOSURE | 9 | Feeling of being calm and in control |
| 22% | ERIK | 4 | Thorvaldsson, dad of Leif who founded North America's Vinland in about 1000AD |
| 22% | BURTON | 6 | Richard —, English explorer who, with John Speke, discovered Lake Tanganyika in 1858 |
| 22% | BRANSON | 7 | Richard who flew to the edge of space in 2021 |