| 100% | RATS | 4 | Winston's greatest fear in "1984" |
| 86% | RATS | 4 | Winston Smith's greatest fear, in "1984" |
| 76% | RATS | 4 | Winston's biggest fear in "1984" |
| 55% | RAT | 3 | Winston Smith's fear in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" |
| 55% | RAT | 3 | Animal feared by Winston in "1984" |
| 55% | RAT | 3 | Animal feared by Winston, in “1984” |
| 53% | OCEANIA | 7 | Winston's home in "1984" |
| 53% | OBRIEN | 6 | Winston's tormenter in "1984" |
| 49% | LOATHING | 8 | Goes with fear in Hunter S Thompson's tale |
| 48% | LASVEGAS | 8 | Fear and Loathing in __, Hunter S. Thompson tale |
| 47% | SPIDERS | 7 | Ron Weasley's greatest fear |
| 47% | HANDFUL | 7 | "I will show you fear in a __ of dust": T S Eliot |
| 43% | REAPER | 6 | Feared in Blue Oyster Cult's ode to thanatophobia |
| 41% | DREAD | 5 | Great fear |
| 41% | TERROR | 6 | Great fear |
| 41% | HORROR | 6 | Great fear |
| 41% | PIGOTT | 6 | A C S —, England cricketer; 1984 one-Test wonder against New Zealand in Christchurch |
| 41% | FLYING | 6 | Fear in aerophobia |
| 40% | MOTHERLODE | 10 | In the ___, there's the greatest concentration of ___ |
| 40% | GCF | 3 | In math, it's the greatest common factor |
| 40% | BARTCONNER | 10 | 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics |
| 40% | DISCMAN | 7 | Hit Sony product introduced in 1984 |
| 40% | TINATURNER | 10 | Winner of three Grammys in 1984 |
| 40% | DISCMAN | 7 | Sony music player introduced in 1984 |
| 40% | DISCMAN | 7 | Sony audio product unveiled in 1984 |
| 40% | DREAD | 5 | Great fear or apprehension |
| 39% | KINSKI | 6 | Nastassja —, actress who starred in 1984 film drama Maria's Lovers |
| 39% | BARNUM | 6 | Jackman's role in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 39% | COCO | 4 | Miguel's great-grandmother, in a Pixar movie |
| 39% | NEWSPEAK | 8 | Language of propaganda in Orwell's 1984 |