| 100% | LOSE | 4 | This Is How You ___ the Time War (Hugo Award-winning sci-fi novel) |
| 53% | WAR | 3 | "This Is How You Lose the Time ___" (2019 novel) |
| 51% | AMAL | 4 | "This Is How You Lose the Time War" co-writer ___ El-Mohtar |
| 46% | ANNLECKIE | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2013 novel "Ancillary Justice" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2017 novel "The Stone Sky" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 3 wds. |
| 45% | CONNIEWILLIS | 12 | Sci-fi author whose 2010 two-volume novel "Blackout/All Clear" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | Sci-fi writer McCaffrey, who was the first woman to win a Hugo for fiction |
| 37% | DAN | 3 | Sci-fi author Simmons with the 1989 Hugo-winning novel "Hyperion" |
| 36% | DEFEATED | 8 | Waterloo chorus lyrics: I was __, you won the war |
| 34% | WORLDS | 6 | Sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells: The War of the __ |
| 34% | ETERNITY | 8 | "The End of ___," 1955 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel |
| 34% | ARRIVAL | 7 | Sci-fi film by Denis Villeneuve that won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
| 34% | GRAVITY | 7 | Sci-fi film by Alfonso Cuaron that won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
| 33% | EMINEM | 6 | "Lucky You" rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist four times |
| 32% | STEPHENKING | 11 | He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel six times, most recently for "Doctor Sleep": 2 wds. |
| 32% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | African-American sci-fi novelist who won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel (3 wds.) |
| 32% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 32% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 31% | AMOVEABLEFEAST | 14 | ''But this is how Paris was in the early days . . .'' (1964) |
| 31% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 31% | ASASET | 6 | How you might purchase "The Lord of the Rings" novels |
| 30% | BABA | 4 | 2019's Award winning puzzle video game "___ Is You" |
| 30% | MACHINE | 7 | H.G. Wells sci-fi novel: The Time __ |
| 30% | STEADY | 6 | Slow and this is supposed to win the race |
| 30% | OSCARS | 6 | The Academy Awards are also called this |
| 30% | EMMY | 4 | Award won multiple times by "Modern Family" and "All in the Family" |
| 29% | EXORCIST | 8 | This person will take the devil out of you |
| 29% | ARE | 3 | You will often appear to the left of this |
| 29% | HESPERUS | 8 | The evening star was called this in ancient times |
| 29% | MOTHTOAFLAME | 12 | 2021 collab featuring The Weeknd, with the lyrics "And you'll leave him, you're loyal to me/But this time I let you be" |