| 100% | LEIGHEMERSON | 12 | Scary serial killer introduced in the "American Horror Story: Asylum" episode "Unholy Night" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the title character in Netflix's "Ratched": 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEGENTLEMEN | 12 | Scary ghouls introduced in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode "Hush" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who won the 2024 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony for "Appropriate": 2 wds. |
| 38% | WEEPINGANGELS | 13 | Scary statue-like creatures introduced in the "Doctor Who" episode "Blink" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | FREAKSHOW | 9 | Fourth season in the American Horror Story series |
| 35% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays Xandra in "The Goldfinch" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TAISSAFARMIGA | 13 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the naive Gladys Russell on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays Tammy in "Ocean's 8": 2 wds. |
| 33% | GAMEBOYS | 8 | Nintendo consoles introduced in the US in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAREBEARS | 9 | Line of colorful stuffed animals introduced in the 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NAOMICAMPBELL | 13 | "American Horror Story: Hotel" actress who was the first black model on the cover of French Vogue : 2 wds. |
| 32% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | Actress who plays Alice Macray in the American historical drama miniseries "Mrs. America": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JESSICALANGE | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays Joan Crawford in "Feud" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays Alice on the Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | EMMAROBERTS | 11 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays Michelle in "Maybe I Do" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GARYBUSEY | 9 | Actor who starred in the biopic "The Buddy Holly Story": 2 wds. |
| 31% | MATTHEWRHYS | 11 | Portrayer of Philip Jennings in the FX series "The Americans": 2 wds. |
| 31% | KERIRUSSELL | 11 | Portrayer of Elizabeth Jennings in the FX series "The Americans": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the title character, 46-Across, on a Netflix miniseries (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PYGMYSHREW | 10 | The American ___, a creature believed to be the second smallest mammal in the world: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | Actress who plays Sofia in the American action thriller film "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (releasing tomorrow): 2 wds. |
| 30% | JASONVOORHEES | 13 | The antagonist in "Friday the 13th", serial killer who wears the iconic hockey goalie mask: 2 wds. |
| 30% | OSAY | 4 | The first two words in the American national anthem: 2 wds |
| 30% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "American Horror Story" actress who graduated from Yale: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PAPABEAR | 8 | Patriarch in the Goldilocks story (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JESSICALANGE | 12 | "Tootsie" actress who starred in "American Horror Story: Freak Show": 2 wds. |
| 29% | FREAKSHOW | 9 | Subtitle of the fourth season of "American Horror Story": 2 wds. |
| 29% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | "Rabbit, Run" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2007: 2 wds. |