| 100% | LANCEITO | 8 | Target of criticism in Vincent Bugliosi's 1996 book "Outrage" |
| 33% | DDT | 3 | Target of a 1972 ban in the U.S. |
| 33% | FAIRGAME | 8 | Acceptable target of criticism |
| 32% | ROD | 3 | Lightning ___ (frequent target of criticism) |
| 32% | LIGHTNINGROD | 12 | Frequent target of criticism, metaphorically |
| 32% | SUSIE | 5 | Frequent target of Calvin's snowballs in "Calvin and Hobbes" |
| 31% | LENTO | 5 | Instruction in a book of Liszt's |
| 31% | MOHICAN | 7 | "last of" in cooper's book |
| 31% | DIO | 3 | Target of much of the action in the Vatican's Basilica di San Pietro |
| 30% | ENOS | 4 | Jacob's son, in the Book of Mormon |
| 30% | ESAU | 4 | Jacob's twin in the Book of Genesis |
| 30% | SONATAS | 7 | They're in a book of Liszt's |
| 30% | OLIVIA | 6 | Pig featured in a series of children's books |
| 30% | KETTERLEY | 9 | Surname of Digory's Uncle Andrew in Narnia books |
| 30% | ELMER | 5 | Patchwork elephant in a series of children's books |
| 30% | ELF | 3 | Speaker of Quenya or Sindarin, in Tolkien's books |
| 30% | KRAZYKAT | 8 | Target of thrown bricks, in early comics |
| 30% | ODOR | 4 | Target of baking soda in a fridge |
| 30% | EMUS | 4 | Targets of a 1932 "war" in Australia |
| 29% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | Portrayer of Cruella de Vil in 1996's "101 Dalmatians" |
| 29% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 29% | LYLE | 4 | Crocodile in a series of Bernard Waber children's books |
| 29% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | Mark Twain's character, appears in 4 of his books |
| 29% | THREE | 5 | Number of books in N. K. Jemisin’s “Inheritance” series |
| 29% | WASP | 4 | Target of some humor in The New Yorker |
| 29% | FBI | 3 | Target of a high-profile burglary in 1971 |
| 29% | PINTILDEATAS | 12 | Targets of some beatings, spelled out in detail? |
| 29% | EDGAR | 5 | One of Mr. Poe's children in a Lemony Snicket book |
| 29% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of 1957 children's book The Cat in the Hat |
| 29% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |