| 100% | HINTON | 6 | S. E. ___, "The Outsiders" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 80% | CHILD | 5 | Lee ___, "One Shot" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 79% | PETER | 5 | ___ Benchley, "Jaws" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 71% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie ___, "Twilight" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 67% | BOND | 4 | Michael ___, author who created Paddington Bear, who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 58% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Green, "Paper Towns" author who makes a voice cameo in the book's film adaptation |
| 37% | LUCIFER | 7 | The DC Universe's devil who made a cameo appearance in the Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" |
| 34% | DANE | 4 | Eric ___, "Grey's Anatomy" actor who guest starred in the TV show "Family Guy" as himself |
| 33% | CRAIG | 5 | ___ T. Nelson, "Poltergeist" actor who plays Bruce in the 2023 film "Book Club: The Next Chapter" |
| 33% | ELMO | 4 | Red Muppet who made a guest appearance on "The West Wing" |
| 32% | KING | 4 | Jonah Hauer-___, "A Dog's Way Home" actor who plays Prince Eric in the 2023 live-action adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" |
| 32% | RHINO | 5 | Iris in the 2022 animated film "My Father's Dragon," e.g. |
| 31% | STAN | 4 | Lee who's made many appearances in Marvel films |
| 31% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BIO | 3 | "About the author" section in a book, for short |
| 31% | ANDREA | 6 | Lorena ___, "Warrior Nun" actress who plays Perla, Ariel's sister, in the 2023 live-action adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" |
| 31% | MURPHY | 6 | Cillian ___, actor who plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 2023 film "Oppenheimer" |
| 31% | GENEKELLY | 9 | "Brigadoon" actor who played a silent film star moving into talkies in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 31% | FONDA | 5 | Jane ___, "Klute" actress who plays Vivian in the 2023 film "Book Club: The Next Chapter" |
| 30% | MATT | 4 | ___ Damon, actor who plays Leslie Groves Jr. in the 2023 film "Oppenheimer" |
| 30% | SWIFT | 5 | Taylor ___, singer who made an appearance in "Hannah Montana: The Movie" as herself and performed her song "Crazier" |
| 30% | SHEERAN | 7 | Ed ___, singer who made an appearance in the Netflix movie "Red Notice" as himself and performed his song "Perfect" |
| 30% | CANDICE | 7 | ___ Bergen, "Gandhi" actress who plays Sharon in the 2023 film "Book Club: The Next Chapter" |
| 30% | RAMI | 4 | ___ Malek, "Mr. Robot" actor who features in the 2023 film "Oppenheimer" |
| 30% | MILEY | 5 | ___ Cyrus, singer who made an appearance in the TV show "The Night Before" as herself and performed her song "Wrecking Ball" |
| 30% | MEAN | 4 | "___ Girls," popular 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan with a musical adaptation that you can watch on the big screen in 2024 |
| 30% | EINSTEIN | 8 | 7D's furry companion in "Back to the Future" who shares a name with the physicist who deduced E = mc^2 |
| 30% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Author of the 2001 novel "Mystic River" that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MINNIE | 6 | ___ Mouse, mouse who sports a pink polka-dotted dress and can be found in the 1950 short film "Crazy Over Daisy" |
| 30% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |