| 100% | AMNESIAC | 8 | Staple character in soap operas |
| 64% | TWIN | 4 | Evil character in a soap opera, often |
| 54% | LOVETRIANGLE | 12 | Soap opera staple |
| 54% | LOVETRIANG | 10 | Soap opera staple |
| 53% | THEBOLDANDTHE | 13 | American soap opera "___ Beautiful" about the Forrester family in which singer Usher played the character of Raymond: 4 wds. |
| 53% | TROPE | 5 | Amnesia in soap operas, e.g. |
| 53% | AMNESIA | 7 | Unrealistically common affliction in soap operas |
| 53% | AMNESIA | 7 | Soap opera plot staple |
| 52% | ASTHEWORLDTURNS | 15 | Soap opera set in Oakdale |
| 51% | AMNESIA | 7 | Loss of memory often found in soap operas |
| 50% | DRAMA | 5 | Telenovela or soap opera staple |
| 49% | MAOTSETUNG | 10 | Character in John Adams' opera ''Nixon in China'' |
| 49% | DRAMA | 5 | What soap operas have in abundance |
| 49% | AMAHL | 5 | Title character in a Menotti opera |
| 49% | ORFEO | 5 | Title character in a Gluck opera |
| 49% | ARABELLA | 8 | Titular character in a Strauss opera |
| 48% | AMNESIA | 7 | Malady often suffered by soap opera characters |
| 48% | COMA | 4 | Medical state for many soap opera characters |
| 48% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Comic character in Shakespeare plays, Verdi opera |
| 47% | DYNASTY | 7 | 1980s prime-time soap opera rebooted in 2017 |
| 47% | AFFAIRS | 7 | Staples of soap operas |
| 46% | INACOMA | 7 | Like a soap opera character, more often than seems likely |
| 46% | OUR | 3 | "Days of ___ Lives" (NBC soap opera that began in 1965) |
| 45% | THEARCHERS | 10 | BBC Radio soap opera set in Ambridge that began in 1950 |
| 45% | EVA | 3 | Longoria who was a soap opera actress early in her career |
| 45% | LULU | 4 | Opera in which Jack the Ripper is a character |
| 44% | TOSCA | 5 | Classic opera in which every leading character dies |
| 43% | DARK | 4 | "___ Shadows," soap opera starring Jonathan Frid that has fantastical characters and Gothic elements |
| 43% | BESS | 4 | Opera title character who's initially in a relationship with Crown |
| 42% | ALLMYCHILDREN | 13 | Soap opera that has featured Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa, who married in 1996: 3 wds. |