| 100% | SARA | 4 | Shepard who wrote "Pretty Little Liars" |
| 65% | SHEPARD | 7 | Sara who wrote the "Pretty Little Liars" books |
| 59% | SARA | 4 | __ Shepard, writer of Pretty Little Liars novels |
| 58% | SARA | 4 | "Pretty Little Liars" author Shepard |
| 58% | SARA | 4 | "Pretty Little Liars" novelist Shepard |
| 58% | SARA | 4 | "Pretty Little Liars" series novelist Shepard |
| 53% | BENSON | 6 | Ashley, star of Pretty Little Liars |
| 53% | LUCYHALE | 8 | Pretty Little Liar named Aria Montgomery |
| 53% | IAN | 3 | "Pretty Little Liars" actor Harding who's won four Teen Choice Awards |
| 52% | LUCYHALE | 8 | Aria on Pretty Little Liars |
| 52% | SHAY | 4 | Mitchell of Pretty Little Liars |
| 52% | LAURALEIGHTON | 13 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress who played Sydney Andrews on "Melrose Place": 2 wds. |
| 52% | IANS | 4 | Harding of "Pretty Little Liars" and Wilmut who cloned Dolly the sheep |
| 50% | REBECCABREEDS | 13 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress who plays the title FBI agent on 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MELISSA | 7 | Teen Wolf McCall or Pretty Little Liars Hastings |
| 49% | ARIA | 4 | Character in the hit TV show Pretty Little Liars |
| 47% | CELESTENG | 9 | Novelist who wrote Little Fires Everywhere |
| 47% | LUCYHALE | 8 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress who has co-hosted 3-Down/16-Across with Ryan Seacrest since 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DANTE | 5 | Who wrote "A great flame follows a little spark" |
| 46% | FREY | 4 | James who wrote "A Million Little Pieces" |
| 45% | AGATHA | 6 | Christie who wrote "Ten Little Indians" |
| 45% | LIANE | 5 | Moriarty who wrote Big Little Lies |
| 45% | LUCYHALE | 8 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress who teamed up with Words With Friends 2 to support Children's Hospital Los Angeles: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SARASHEPARD | 11 | "Pretty Little Liars" writer who had two cameos as a news reporter on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HALE | 4 | Sarah Josepha ___, who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
| 45% | KAHN | 4 | Gus who wrote "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
| 45% | BLANE | 5 | Ralph who wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 45% | ANNA | 4 | Actress Kendrick who wrote the memoir "Scrappy Little Nobody" |
| 45% | GBS | 3 | Guy who wrote "Pygmalion" in 1912, initially, at least |
| 44% | ARIA | 4 | "Pretty Little Liars" character |