| 100% | DYNASTY | 7 | Soap opera about the Carringtons |
| 81% | DYNASTY | 7 | The CW prime-time soap opera about the Carringtons |
| 58% | DYNASTY | 7 | TV oldie about the Carringtons |
| 53% | THEBOLDANDTHE | 13 | American soap opera "___ Beautiful" about the Forrester family in which singer Usher played the character of Raymond: 4 wds. |
| 52% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera about the Moor of Venice |
| 50% | CARMEN | 6 | Bizet opera about the fate of a gypsy girl |
| 47% | GENERALHOSPITAL | 15 | ABC soap opera from 1963 to the present |
| 47% | DUTCHMAN | 8 | Wagner opera about a ghost ship, The Flying __ |
| 46% | SANTABARBARA | 12 | NBC soap opera of the 1980s-90s |
| 46% | SULLIVANS | 9 | Australian WW2 civilian soap opera, The __ |
| 46% | EMMERDALE | 9 | ITV soap opera featuring The Woolpack public house |
| 43% | PHANTOM | 7 | Musical about a Leroux book: The __ of the Opera |
| 43% | SECRETSTORM | 11 | Soap opera of 1954-74, with "The" |
| 42% | STUDIOCITY | 10 | Series about a fictional soap opera that won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Drama Series in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing," 1901 opera based on the Shakespeare play |
| 42% | SEATCONCEIT | 11 | Cause of bragging about one's box at the opera? |
| 41% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Rossini opera about Figaro, with "The" |
| 41% | PLACE | 5 | "Melrose ___," '90s soap opera named after the trendy Los Angeles neighborhood it is set in |
| 41% | CRIMEANDPUNISHMENT | 18 | Magnum opus about a young man, family and the concept of free will [1866, 1965] |
| 41% | ALISON | 6 | Soap opera star Sweeney who hosts "The Biggest Loser" |
| 40% | BASSES | 6 | "Tenors woo the women but the ___ take them home" (quip about operas) |
| 39% | SUDSER | 6 | Soap opera |
| 39% | SERIAL | 6 | Soap opera |
| 39% | SERIALS | 7 | Soap operas |
| 39% | SUDSERS | 7 | Soap operas |
| 38% | TRYSTS | 6 | Soap opera meetings |
| 38% | LOVETRIANGLE | 12 | Soap opera staple |
| 38% | MELODRAMA | 9 | Soap opera genre |
| 38% | SLAP | 4 | Soap opera assault |
| 38% | LOVETRIANG | 10 | Soap opera staple |