| 100% | TRY | 3 | "___ a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding hit song) |
| 84% | TRY | 3 | "___ a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding hit) |
| 82% | TRY | 3 | "___ a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding song) |
| 64% | FRISCOBAY | 9 | Inlet in an Otis Redding hit song |
| 63% | TRY | 3 | Otis Redding's "___ A Little Tenderness" |
| 58% | TRYA | 4 | Otis Redding’s “___ Little Tenderness” |
| 58% | TRYA | 4 | Otis Redding's "__ Little Tenderness" |
| 57% | OTIS | 4 | "Try a Little Tenderness" singer Redding |
| 56% | TRYA | 4 | Otis Redding's "___ Little Tenderness" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | TRYA | 4 | Otis Redding's "__ Little Tenderness" |
| 53% | TRYA | 4 | "____ Little Tenderness" (old hit song) |
| 51% | OTIS | 4 | Redding who sang "Try a Little Tenderness" |
| 45% | BIT | 3 | "Come a Little ___ Closer" (hit song for Jay & the Americans) |
| 43% | MOPSILOVEYOU | 12 | Hit song by a Beatles janitor? |
| 43% | HIGHER | 6 | "Move on up a Little ___" (gospel song) |
| 43% | PLAYS | 5 | Hit songs get a lot of them |
| 42% | LESS | 4 | "A Little ___ Conversation" (Elvis Presley hit song) |
| 42% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Hit song by Rihanna with a weather theme |
| 42% | INME | 4 | "Have a Little Faith ___" (1930 hit) |
| 42% | LUCK | 4 | "With a Little ___" (1978 Wings hit) |
| 42% | LEG | 3 | AC/DC hit song "Shake a ___" |
| 42% | ITS | 3 | Bonnie Tyler hit song "___ a Heartache" |
| 41% | SHALLOW | 7 | Hit song from 2018's A Star Is Born |
| 41% | LAYLA | 5 | Hit song by Eric Clapton titled after a lady |
| 41% | HAVE | 4 | "___ a Little Faith in Me" (John Hiatt song) |
| 41% | MERRY | 5 | "Have Yourself a ___ Little Christmas" (holiday song) |
| 41% | AMAPOLA | 7 | Pretty Little Poppy in a 1924 song |
| 41% | SHALALA | 7 | Title syllables in a hit 1964 song |
| 41% | GUN | 3 | Aerosmith hit song "Janie's Got a ___" |
| 41% | THOUSAND | 8 | Vanessa Carlton's hit song, A __ Miles |