| 100% | HALOTHREE | 9 | Sequel that was the top-selling video game of 2007 |
| 54% | DAMN | 4 | Kendrick Lamar album that was the top-selling album of 2017 |
| 48% | ATARI | 5 | Company that was hit hard by the video-game crash of 1983 |
| 47% | NCIS | 4 | Procedural that was the top-rated show of the 2012-2013 TV season |
| 46% | RFK | 3 | Stadium that was the site of the 1969 All-Star Game |
| 46% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 45% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 45% | POGS | 4 | Game of milk caps that was popular among kids in the 90s and is one of the best-selling Christmas gifts |
| 45% | DONEKONG | 8 | 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario |
| 44% | SPADES | 6 | Card suit that is also the name of a card game |
| 43% | WHENDOVESCRY | 12 | Song from the album 28-Across that was the top-selling single of 1984 (3 wds.) |
| 43% | MADDENNFL | 9 | Video game franchise that featured 15-Across on the cover of the 2011 version: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SATOSHITAJIRI | 13 | Japanese video game designer who is the creator of the Pokemon franchise: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HER | 3 | "___ Story," interactive video game that follows the case of Hannah Smith's dead husband |
| 42% | SPEC | 4 | "___ Ops: The Line," video game that was partially inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" |
| 42% | STREET | 6 | "___ Fighter," 1994 action film starring Kylie Minogue that was based on the eponymous video game series |
| 42% | WADE | 4 | Alma ___, psychic who is the main antagonist of the "F.E.A.R." video game series |
| 42% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Nightmares," horror video game series that follows the journey of a girl in a yellow raincoat |
| 41% | REM | 3 | Georgia-based band that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 |
| 41% | ESCORT | 6 | Ford model that was the direct replacement of the Pinto in 1981 and became the best selling car in the US |
| 41% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 movie that was a sequel to the 1991 Best Picture winner "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 41% | THEEVENINGSTAR | 14 | 1996 movie that was a sequel to the 1983 Best Picture winner "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |
| 41% | LAIR | 4 | Dragon's ___, '80s video game with a knight as the protagonist that is seen in "Stranger Things" |
| 41% | GANON | 5 | Monstrous boar-like creature who is the main antagonist in "The Legend of Zelda" video game series |
| 41% | AUTO | 4 | "Grand Theft ___ V," one of the best-selling video games released in 2013 that is set in the fictional state of San Andreas |
| 41% | SPARE | 5 | Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023 |
| 41% | WII | 3 | "___ Sports," one of the best-selling video games released in 2006 that was published for Nintendo's gaming console |
| 41% | BATTLE | 6 | "Fortnite ___ Royale," free-to-play online video game which is one of the most played games of 2020 |
| 41% | VACATION | 8 | "Jersey Shore Family ___," reality TV series that was a revival and sequel of the original "Jersey Shore" series |