| 100% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Writer who coined the word "doublethink" in his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (2 wds.) |
| 67% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Writer who coined the word "factoid" in his biography of Marilyn Monroe (2 wds.) |
| 67% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Writer who coined the word "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Science fiction writer who coined the term "cyberspace": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CAPEK | 5 | Writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 44% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer who coined the word "nerd" |
| 43% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. |
| 42% | CAPEK | 5 | Karel ___, writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 40% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HLMENCKEN | 9 | *Writer who coined the word "booboisie" |
| 38% | HILARYMANTEL | 12 | English writer who has won two Man Booker Prizes for her novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up The Bodies": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 38% | OLGATOKARCZUK | 13 | Polish writer who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHUCKNOLL | 9 | NFL coach who led the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories in six years: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | Four-time Masters champion who designed the Aviara Golf Club in California: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DANMARINO | 9 | Quarterback who led the Dolphins to the 1985 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | Quarterback who led the Seahawks to the 2014 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOEBURROW | 9 | Quarterback who led the Bengals to the 2022 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TOMCLANCY | 9 | Writer who created the Jack Ryan series continued with the 2019 novel "Enemy Contact" by Mike Maden (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NICHOLASSPARKS | 14 | 46-Across writer who has had 11 of his novels adapted to film (including 19-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | German tennis player who achieved the Career Grand Slam four times in her career: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RICHARDADAMS | 12 | Writer who created Fiver, Hazel, and their fellow rabbits in "Watership Down": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Writer who created Captain Nemo, traveler to the submerged city of Atlantis: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CAROLBURNETT | 12 | "The Four Seasons" actress who received the SAG Life Achievement Award in 2015: 2 wds. |