| 100% | EGGAR | 5 | Samantha of "The Collector," 1965 |
| 63% | STAMP | 5 | Apt-sounding star of The Collector |
| 58% | DAVEMARR | 8 | Winner of the 1965 PGA Championship |
| 58% | SORENSEN | 8 | Author of the 1965 biography "Kennedy" |
| 57% | TRINILOPEZ | 10 | Singer of the 1965 hit "Lemon Tree" |
| 57% | MARR | 4 | Dave —, winner of the 1965 PGA Championship |
| 57% | ELVIS | 5 | Star of the 1965 comedy "Harum Scarum" |
| 56% | OPART | 5 | Focus of the 1965 exhibition “The Responsive Eye” |
| 56% | IMELDAMARCOS | 12 | First Lady of the Philippines from 1965-86 |
| 56% | MARR | 4 | Dave —, US winner of the 1965 PGA Championship |
| 56% | AALTONEN | 8 | Rauno —, a winner of the 1965 RAC Rally |
| 56% | EGGAR | 5 | Samantha of "The Brood" |
| 55% | DUCANN | 6 | Edward —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1965-67 |
| 55% | BEE | 3 | Samantha of "The Daily Show" |
| 54% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1965 |
| 53% | LINN | 4 | Philatelist George, founder of the largest weekly newspaper for stamp collectors |
| 53% | AALTONEN | 8 | Rauno —, motor racing driver; a winner of the 1965 RAC Rally |
| 52% | TELEMARK | 8 | Norwegian region and 1965 movie The Heroes of __ |
| 52% | BEE | 3 | Nectar collector of the insect world |
| 51% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Star of the 1965 prison escape movie "Von Ryan's Express": 2 wds. |
| 51% | WECANWORKITOUT | 14 | 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying" |
| 51% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 film about the voting rights march of 1965 |
| 50% | MIDNIGHTHOUR | 12 | Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit |
| 50% | DISCH | 5 | Thomas M —, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides |
| 49% | STEPNEY | 7 | Former Metropolitan Borough that became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 |
| 49% | MIRANDA | 7 | Friend of Carrie, Samantha, and Charlotte on "Sex and the City" |
| 49% | LENNON | 6 | John —, musician; author of 1965 volume A Spaniard in the Works |
| 49% | EGGAR | 5 | "The Collector" Best Actress nominee Samantha |
| 48% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Keepers of the House" |