| 100% | OED | 3 | Set of books once awarded to winners of Britain's "Countdown" game show, for short |
| 33% | SAJAK | 5 | Winner of three Emmys for Outstanding Game Show Host |
| 33% | EGOT | 4 | Complete set of showbiz awards, for short |
| 33% | NOM | 3 | Awards show recognition that might lead to a win, for short |
| 33% | IBRAMXKENDI | 11 | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| 32% | EGOT | 4 | Set of awards won by John Legend and Rita Moreno, for short |
| 32% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | African-American author of "Invisible Man," winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | African-American author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WHEEL | 5 | Pat and Vanna's game show, for short |
| 31% | PAULBUNYANAXE | 13 | Prize awarded to the winner of the Minnesota-Wisconsin football game, colloquially, with "the" |
| 31% | NOLA | 4 | Setting of 2017’s “Girls Trip,” for short |
| 30% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DRLAO | 5 | “The Circus of ___,” 1935 National Book Award winner for Most Original Book |
| 30% | SANFRAN | 7 | Setting of 2019’s “Always Be My Maybe,” for short |
| 30% | ERA | 3 | Cy Young Award winner's stat, for short |
| 29% | TROPHY | 6 | Cup or statue awarded to winners of a tournament |
| 29% | HEWER | 5 | Nick —, former advisor to Lord Sugar on BBC TV series The Apprentice; presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown |
| 29% | NYT | 3 | Winner of over 125 Pulitzer Prizes, for short |
| 29% | EDT | 3 | Setting for home games of the O's |
| 29% | MVP | 3 | Game award, for short |
| 29% | BIO | 3 | Type of book David McCullough's "John Adams" is, for short |
| 29% | ASU | 3 | Winner of the first three Fiesta Bowls, for short |
| 28% | MCS | 3 | Awards show hosts, for short |
| 28% | MCS | 3 | Game show hosts, for short |
| 28% | UNIS | 4 | Sets of duds, for short |
| 28% | PDA | 3 | Show of love, for short? |
| 28% | REF | 3 | Someone who's in charge of a game of sport, for short |
| 28% | NOLA | 4 | City that's the subject of the book Musical Gumbo, for short |
| 28% | EPA | 3 | Subject of a book subtitled Cleaning Up America's Act, for short |
| 28% | MIL | 3 | Prize in a popular game show, for short |