| 100% | C3PO | 4 | Sci-fi character who claims fluency in more than six million forms of communication |
| 32% | PIDGINENGLISH | 13 | Form of communication for an American who isn’t fluent in the local language, perhaps |
| 31% | LDS | 3 | Relig. affiliation of more than six million Americans |
| 30% | WORF | 4 | Character who has appeared in the most episodes of the various "Star Trek" series |
| 29% | ATL | 3 | 53-Down with more than 70 sts. that have a form of "Peachtree" in their names |
| 29% | MOE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who says, "Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt" |
| 29% | INCH | 4 | One of more than 1.6 million in a marathon |
| 29% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 28% | SOLARPANEL | 10 | One of more than 9 million at Copper Mountain Power Plant in Nevada |
| 28% | TROI | 4 | Sci-fi character who graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2359 |
| 28% | EMAILS | 6 | Forms of communication in some company leaks |
| 28% | ENDER | 5 | Sci-fi character who's trained through a series of war games |
| 28% | HOBBES | 6 | Cartoon character who said "Van Gogh would've sold more than one painting if he'd put tigers in them" |
| 27% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 27% | MOE | 3 | “The Simpsons” character who said, “I’m better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt” |
| 27% | NEO | 3 | Sci-fi character who takes the red pill rather than the blue one |
| 26% | EVERDEEN | 8 | Katniss ___, the lead character in "The Hunger Games" series, who is one of the most-loved fictional female characters |
| 26% | INSTA | 5 | Where Cristiano Ronaldo has more than six hundred million followers, familiarly |
| 26% | LUIGI | 5 | Dramatist Pirandello who wrote "Six Characters in Search of an Author" |
| 26% | LIBEL | 5 | Form of defamation when the communication is in writing |
| 26% | YODA | 4 | Character who appeared via CGI in "Attack of the Clones" |
| 25% | SWAN | 4 | "God Who Took Form of ___ Finding It Much Harder to Seduce Women Than Expected" (The Onion headline) |
| 25% | ORPHANS | 7 | Most of the characters in “Annie” |
| 25% | LUIGI | 5 | Character who can be played in every installment of 26-Down |
| 25% | IGOR | 4 | Character who’s “on chains” in the lyrics of “Monster Mash” |
| 25% | ZORRO | 5 | Literary character who debuted in "The Curse of Capistrano" |
| 25% | FARMANIMALS | 11 | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| 25% | TEENS | 5 | Many characters in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" |
| 25% | ALIENS | 6 | Many characters in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 25% | FISH | 4 | Many of the characters in “Finding Nemo” |