| 100% | FACTUAL | 7 | True; based on evidence |
| 70% | INFERENCE | 9 | Conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning |
| 65% | HOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Lawyer's action based on scant evidence? |
| 64% | DOCUDRAMA | 9 | Genre for movies based on true stories |
| 63% | THENURSE | 8 | Danish medical thriller series based on true story |
| 63% | SHE | 3 | “___ Said” (2022 drama based on a true story) |
| 62% | ANNA | 4 | "Inventing ___" (Julia Garner Netflix series based on true story) |
| 61% | LOOSELY | 7 | How a movie might be based on a true story |
| 59% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 59% | EVE | 3 | "The Three Faces of ___" (classic noir film based on a true story) |
| 58% | FORENSIC | 8 | Like much evidence discussed on true-crime podcasts |
| 58% | ANECDATA | 8 | Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts |
| 58% | WHITEHEAD | 9 | Colson whose 2019 “The Nickel Boys” is based on a true horror story |
| 57% | ALIVE | 5 | 1993 film drama starring Ethan Hawke and Vincent Spano based on a true story |
| 57% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 spy thriller directed by and starring Ben Affleck, based on a true story |
| 57% | DREAMER | 7 | 2005 film based on the true story of a racehorse named Mariah's Storm |
| 55% | RUDY | 4 | 1993 film based on a true story starring Sean Astin as football player Daniel Ruettiger |
| 55% | INVINCIBLE | 10 | 2006 film based on a true story starring Mark Wahlberg as football player Vince Papale |
| 54% | THEAERONAUTS | 12 | 2019 adventure film based on a true story about a historic gas balloon flight (2 wds.) |
| 54% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ERIN | 4 | "___ Brockovich," courtroom drama starring Julia Roberts that was based on the true story of an activist |
| 53% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 film based on a true story starring Quinton Aaron as football player Michael Oher (3 wds.) |
| 53% | JUSTMERCY | 9 | Legal drama based on a true story starring Brie Larson, 17-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | DOOR | 4 | "The Shrink Next ___," psychological drama based on a true story, where Will Ferrell plays a neurotic patient |
| 52% | ROOTEDIN | 8 | Based on |
| 52% | ALA | 3 | Based on |
| 52% | BRIANSSONG | 10 | 1971 film based on a true story starring Billy Dee Williams as football player Gale Sayers (2 wds.) |
| 52% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Apple TV+ miniseries based on a true story starring 15-Across, 24-Across, and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | TRUE | 4 | Based on fact |
| 51% | APRIORI | 7 | Based on hypothesis |