| 100% | MARIS | 5 | Surpasser of Ruth in 1961 |
| 64% | MARIS | 5 | Breaker of Ruth's record in 1961 |
| 51% | BOAZ | 4 | Husband of Ruth, in the Bible |
| 47% | MARIS | 5 | Ruth chaser in 1961 |
| 47% | NAOMI | 5 | Mother-in-law of Ruth in the Old Testament |
| 45% | NEHRU | 5 | World leader with a role in 1961's annexation of Goa |
| 43% | GARNER | 6 | Julia ___, actress who plays the character of Ruth Langmore in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 42% | OPEC | 4 | Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 42% | OPEC | 4 | Organization formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 42% | REMAKE | 6 | 101 Dalmatians in 1996 is a __ of the 1961 film |
| 40% | NAOMI | 5 | Woman in the Book of Ruth |
| 40% | NAOMI | 5 | Mourner in the Book of Ruth |
| 38% | NAOMI | 5 | Mother-in-law of Ruth |
| 38% | ORPAH | 5 | Sister-in-law of Ruth |
| 38% | FAME | 4 | National Baseball Hall of ___, historical museum where Babe Ruth was inducted into in 1936 |
| 38% | TAL | 3 | Loser to Botvinnik in 1961 |
| 38% | UTHANT | 6 | World leader elected in 1961 |
| 38% | KEN | 3 | He met Barbie in 1961 |
| 38% | PETEROSE | 8 | Surpasser of Ty Cobb |
| 37% | OBEYS | 5 | What a participant in Yale's Milgram experiment of 1961 does, most of the time |
| 37% | BAYOFPIGS | 9 | Site of a failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 |
| 37% | FELICITYJONES | 13 | "Rogue One" actress who plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | FELICITYJONES | 13 | Actress who played Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the film "On the Basis of Sex": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TUSHINGHAM | 10 | Rita —, actress whose 1961 film debut in A Taste of Honey won her a Golden Globe |
| 37% | RITA | 4 | & 10A Actress whose 1961 film debut in A Taste of Honey won her a Golden Globe |
| 36% | BOAZ | 4 | Husband of Ruth |
| 36% | AARON | 5 | Successor of Ruth |
| 36% | ELENA | 5 | Colleague of Ruth |
| 36% | AEC | 3 | US agcy. that established its Technical Analysis Branch in 1961 to study long-term biological and ecological effects of nuclear war |
| 36% | WILLIAMBENDIX | 13 | Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story |