| 100% | ORSON | 5 | Welles who directed a radio version of “The War of the Worlds” |
| 60% | ORSON | 5 | Welles who directed a radio adaptation of Wells |
| 56% | ORSON | 5 | Filmmaker Welles, radioed War of the Worlds |
| 49% | WELLES | 6 | Orson, who broadcasted The War of the Worlds |
| 48% | HOAX | 4 | "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, notably |
| 48% | CBS | 3 | 1938 "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcaster |
| 45% | ICECUBE | 7 | Rapper who stars in the 2025 movie War of the Worlds |
| 45% | COCKBURN | 8 | Alison —, 18th-century Scottish poet who authored a version of ballad The Flowers of the Forest |
| 45% | WEIR | 4 | Peter who directed "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" |
| 44% | KAMIKAZE | 8 | One of a group of Japanese aircraft pilots of the Special Attack Unit in the Second World War who performed suicidal missions |
| 44% | OTTO | 4 | Miranda —, Australian actress who played Mary Ann in 2005 action film War of the Worlds |
| 43% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 43% | THEBRAVEONE | 11 | 2007 psychological thriller directed by Neil Jordan that follows the story of a radio host who becomes a vigilante after a tragic incident: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 43% | GAYE | 4 | Singer Marvin who performed a memorable version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game |
| 43% | JEFFWAYNE | 9 | Musical composer of the War of the Worlds |
| 43% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the course of a ship |
| 43% | ORSON | 5 | Welles of "War of the Worlds" |
| 42% | LEEMARVIN | 9 | “The Dirty Dozen” actor who earned a Purple Heart in the Second World War |
| 42% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | A person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 42% | HGWELLS | 7 | Science fiction author of The War of the Worlds |
| 42% | GROVERSMILL | 11 | Welles' ''War of the Worlds'' landing site |
| 42% | ORSON | 5 | "War of the Worlds" narrator Welles |
| 42% | ENOS | 4 | Slaughter who was a star of the 1946 World Series |
| 42% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 41% | NATE | 4 | Parker who directed the 2016 movie "The Birth of a Nation" |
| 41% | ORTIZ | 5 | Slugger David who was a hero of the 2013 World Series |
| 41% | ELLIS | 5 | Kendall ___, sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| 41% | POTSDAM | 7 | City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II |