| 100% | WARS | 4 | Word after “Trade” and “Class,” in the title of a 2020 book on how economic inequality threatens international peace |
| 36% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 34% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 34% | JEDI | 4 | Word after "Return of the" and "The Last" in titles of Star Wars movies |
| 34% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom" (phrase in the title of a book of quotes, maybe) |
| 33% | DRNO | 4 | Villain in the title of a James Bond book |
| 33% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 33% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 33% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 33% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 32% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 32% | DUMB | 4 | Adjective in the title of a 1994 comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels |
| 32% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 32% | SERA | 4 | Word repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit |
| 32% | TIME | 4 | Word repeated in the title of a Cyndi Lauper hit |
| 32% | WILLBE | 6 | Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit |
| 31% | STEPS | 5 | Word in the title of many self-help books |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Second word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 31% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 31% | ARLES | 5 | Word in the title of many a van Gogh painting |
| 31% | WEAREEVERYWHERE | 15 | Rallying cry that's the title of a book on the Queer Liberation Movement |
| 30% | SONS | 4 | Word in the titles of novels by Ivan Turgenev and D. H. Lawrence |
| 30% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 30% | SUGARCOOKIE | 11 | Simple dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring amateur sleuth and baker Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 30% | WHO | 3 | Word after "The Cat" in the titles of 29 Lilian Jackson Braun novels |
| 30% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 30% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 30% | WAVE | 4 | Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
| 30% | MOVIE | 5 | Word after "Scary" or "Silent" in the titles of films |
| 30% | FOR | 3 | Word that comes before Dummies in the titles of well over 300 books |