| 100% | SNOW | 4 | Serial killer? |
| 88% | LECTER | 6 | Serial killer Hannibal's last name |
| 84% | THEFALL | 7 | Serial killer crime series set in Northern Ireland |
| 84% | DEXTER | 6 | Serial killer TV show starring Michael C. Hall |
| 84% | DEX | 3 | Showtime's serial killer protagonist, familiarly |
| 84% | RIPPER | 6 | Jack the __, unidentified London serial killer |
| 82% | RIPPER | 6 | Soviet serial killer: Andrei Chikatilo: the Red __ |
| 82% | MICHAEL | 7 | __ C. Hall played Dexter, the serial killer |
| 82% | DISTURBIA | 9 | 2007 serial killer thriller starring Shia LaBeouf |
| 82% | AMERICAN | 8 | __ Psycho, book with serial killer Patrick Bateman |
| 80% | KRUEGER | 7 | Freddy __; A Nightmare on Elm Street serial killer |
| 80% | ZODIAC | 6 | 2007 Jake Gyllenhaal film about a serial killer |
| 80% | RIPPER | 6 | Jack the __, London serial killer with unknown ID |
| 80% | CSI | 3 | Show with the serial killer Rita Von Squeeze |
| 78% | DEXTER | 6 | TV show on a serial killer who kills counterparts |
| 76% | SONOFSAM | 8 | Name by which American serial killer David Berkowitz is known |
| 74% | DEXTERNEWBLOOD | 14 | Showtime drama featuring 45-Across as a serial killer (3 wds.) |
| 72% | REDDRAGON | 9 | 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as serial killer Hannibal Lecter: 2 wds. |
| 70% | STREET | 6 | "A Nightmare on Elm ___" (film with a burnt serial killer named Freddy Krueger) |
| 66% | LEIGHEMERSON | 12 | Scary serial killer introduced in the "American Horror Story: Asylum" episode "Unholy Night" (2 wds.) |
| 66% | DEXTER | 6 | Showtime drama about a serial killer (2006-2013), or the main character's first name |
| 66% | HANNIBAL | 8 | NBC thriller about a serial killer (2013-present), or the main character's first name |
| 64% | LEATHERFACE | 11 | The antagonist in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", serial killer who uses a chainsaw in murder and cannibalism |
| 62% | BILLYBOB | 8 | With 48-Across, "Bad Santa" star who played a serial killer on FX's "Fargo": 2 wds. |
| 62% | JASONVOORHEES | 13 | The antagonist in "Friday the 13th", serial killer who wears the iconic hockey goalie mask: 2 wds. |
| 62% | CAIN | 4 | Dean who played Detective James Wood in "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer" (2018) |
| 62% | YOU | 3 | Netflix series starring Penn Badgley as a serial killer that featured the Taylor Swift song "Anti-Hero" |
| 59% | ERROL | 5 | ___ Childress (serial killer on "True Detective") |
| 57% | DEXTER | 6 | Showtime drama with a serial-killer protagonist |
| 56% | FREDDYKRUEGER | 13 | Villain in "The Nightmare on Elm Street" series, burnt serial killer who could murder people in their dreams: 2 wds. |