| 100% | TWEETED | 7 | Shared a short story with limited characters, say? |
| 47% | READTO | 6 | Share a bedtime story with |
| 47% | FABLES | 6 | Short stories with a moral |
| 46% | READ | 4 | Enjoy a short story, say |
| 45% | TELLTO | 6 | Share a story with |
| 45% | FABLES | 6 | Aesop's short stories with a lesson |
| 44% | SITNEAR | 7 | Share a table with, say |
| 44% | BRAGS | 5 | Shares a big fish story, say |
| 42% | READSTO | 7 | Shares part of a book with, say |
| 42% | TOLDTO | 6 | Shared with, as a story |
| 41% | SAKI | 4 | Author who famously ended a short story with the line "Romance at short notice was her specialty" |
| 41% | ARAMIS | 6 | Fragrance sharing a name with a literary character |
| 41% | REGALED | 7 | Entertained with a story, say |
| 41% | READSALOUD | 10 | Entertains with a story, say |
| 41% | TWEET | 5 | Communiqué with a character limit |
| 40% | ARIEL | 5 | Disney princess who shares a name with a Shakespeare character |
| 40% | IAGO | 4 | "Aladdin" bird that shares a name with a Shakespeare character |
| 40% | ROMEO | 5 | Character who said "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 39% | APPT | 4 | Meeting with a doctor, say, for short |
| 39% | TOY | 3 | "___ Story 4" (Pixar movie with a character named Forky) |
| 39% | BOPEEP | 6 | Toy Story character with a three-headed sheep |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | Make a long story short, say |
| 38% | SCUD | 4 | "Toy Story" dog that shares its name with a missile |
| 38% | ARAMIS | 6 | Popular cologne that shares its name with a literary character |
| 38% | LIEFOR | 6 | Help with a cover story, say |
| 37% | ETCH | 4 | ''Toy Story'' character with knobs and a screen |
| 37% | JAG | 3 | Sports car that shares its name with a wild cat, for short |
| 37% | MARIO | 5 | "The Godfather" author who shares his name with a video game character |
| 37% | RENO | 4 | Final Fantasy character who shares his name with a U.S. city |
| 37% | OSLO | 4 | Norway's capital city that shares name with a "Money Heist" character |