| 100% | HANDMAIDS | 9 | Wearers of red in Atwood's tale |
| 44% | ASS | 3 | Wearer of a lion's skin in an Aesop fable |
| 42% | REDSHOES | 8 | Andersen's tale of dancing feet in bright footwear |
| 42% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | Mark Twain's tale of young boy in Mississippi |
| 42% | HESTER | 6 | Wearer of a red A |
| 41% | HANDMAID | 8 | Female servant in Margaret Atwood's tale |
| 41% | MEDICS | 6 | Wearers of helmets with red crosses |
| 41% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | Wearer of a red-starred tiara |
| 41% | EMPEROR | 7 | Wearer of "new clothes," in folklore |
| 41% | ELMO | 4 | Red Muppet in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History |
| 41% | HANDMAID | 8 | Offred was one of these in Atwood's novel |
| 40% | DARN | 4 | Carton's counterpart in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 40% | SANTA | 5 | Wearer of a red-and-white suit |
| 40% | RUBY | 4 | Shade of red for Dorothy's slippers in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 40% | SANTA | 5 | Wearer of a large, red-and-white suit |
| 40% | ACT | 3 | One of five in "The Winter's Tale" |
| 40% | POLIXENES | 9 | King of Bohemia in The Winter's Tale |
| 40% | IAMB | 4 | One of two in The Winter's Tale |
| 39% | MAGENTA | 7 | Purplish red that's one of the primary colors in printing |
| 39% | BADGUY | 6 | Wearer of a black hat in a western, traditionally |
| 38% | BATMAN | 6 | Wearer of a suit with nipples in the nineteen-nineties |
| 38% | XXXXX | 5 | "___ of traitors!" (cry in "The Winter's Tale") |
| 38% | TOAD | 4 | Mr. Jackson in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse," e.g. |
| 38% | LEONTES | 7 | Husband of Hermione in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale |
| 38% | FLORIZEL | 8 | Son of Polixenes in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale |
| 38% | POLIXENES | 9 | King of Bohemia in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale |
| 37% | PERDITA | 7 | The daughter of Leontes in The Winter's Tale |
| 37% | POLIXENES | 9 | The King of Bohemia in The Winter's Tale |
| 37% | HEN | 3 | "Little red" animal in a children's tale |
| 37% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of dwarfs in a fairy tale |