| 100% | FAULKNER | 8 | William __, U.S. author of The Sound and the Fury |
| 63% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 57% | FAULKNER | 8 | "The Sound and the Fury" author |
| 55% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 53% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 52% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 52% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 51% | BIERCE | 6 | Ambrose __, US wit and author of The New Decalogue |
| 51% | VIDAL | 5 | Gore —, US author of the novels Julian and Creation |
| 51% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between U and W |
| 51% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Children's author of The BFG and Matilda |
| 50% | HIAASEN | 7 | Carl —, US author of the novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy |
| 50% | TEE | 3 | Sound of the letter stuck between "S" and "U" |
| 50% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 50% | BURROUGHS | 9 | William —, author of novels The Soft Machine and Nova Express |
| 50% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 49% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 49% | NICOLEKRAUSS | 12 | US author of novels Great House and The History of Love |
| 49% | LEQUEUX | 7 | William —, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |
| 48% | HAWKE | 5 | Ethan —, US actor; author of novels Ash Wednesday and The Hottest State |
| 48% | JOHNRINGO | 9 | US author of novels Against the Tide and Live Free or Die |
| 48% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ S. Burroughs, author of "Naked Lunch" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 48% | TACOMA | 6 | City and seaport in Washington, US; seat of the University of Puget Sound |
| 48% | WOLFF | 5 | Michael ___, author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" |
| 48% | MORTIMER | 8 | John —, author of novels Paradise Postponed and The Sound of Trumpets |
| 48% | TWAIN | 5 | Mark —, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper |
| 48% | READE | 5 | Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 48% | AESOP | 5 | Author of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 47% | RITT | 4 | "The Sound and the Fury" director |