| 100% | FERGUSON | 8 | Sarah __; wed the Duke of York in 1986 |
| 48% | ALBANY | 6 | It's named for the Duke of York |
| 47% | REGAN | 5 | The Duke of Cornwall's wife, in Shakespeare |
| 47% | VINCENTIO | 9 | The Duke of Vienna in Measure for Measure |
| 46% | BOSSHOGG | 8 | The Dukes of Hazzard's enemy in the TV series |
| 44% | SOLINUS | 7 | Duke of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors |
| 44% | PROSPERO | 8 | Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest |
| 43% | FERGUSON | 8 | Sarah __, the Duchess of York |
| 42% | SILVIA | 6 | The duke's daughter in Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| 42% | REGAN | 5 | Wife of the Duke of Cornwall, in Shakespeare |
| 42% | PROSPERO | 8 | The rightful Duke of Milan in The Tempest |
| 42% | LEAR | 4 | The Duke of Albany's father-in-law |
| 41% | MARLBOROUGH | 11 | Duke of —, Allied commander-in-chief in the War of the Spanish Succession |
| 41% | THEBRONX | 8 | Borough of the Yankees in New York |
| 40% | CONNOR | 6 | Last name of Sarah targeted in The Terminator |
| 40% | MNEMONIC | 8 | "Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow |
| 40% | PALIN | 5 | Sarah —, Republican candidate for vice president of the US in 2008 |
| 40% | GIL | 3 | Hodges in the New York Mets Hall of Fame |
| 40% | SOYINKA | 7 | Wole —, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 39% | ANDREW | 6 | Duke of York |
| 39% | WINDSOR | 7 | The Duke of — |
| 39% | LIBERTY | 7 | Statue of ___, famous statue located in the New York Harbor |
| 39% | WEASEL | 6 | The "Duke of Bootleg" in "Zootopia," e.g. |
| 39% | PRINCEHARRY | 11 | The Duke of Sussex |
| 38% | MANIC | 5 | Type of Monday that The Bangles described in a 1986 hit |
| 38% | MILAN | 5 | Duke of ___, character in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" |
| 38% | TOP | 3 | ___ of the Rock, observation deck in New York City |
| 38% | UTICA | 5 | City in the state of New York |
| 38% | MANTUA | 6 | The Duke of ___ ("Rigoletto" role) |
| 38% | DORIAN | 6 | The Picture of ___ Gray (upcoming Broadway production in which Sarah Snook plays 26 roles) |