| 100% | COULDA | 6 | "___ Been the One" (2006 Rihanna song) |
| 66% | SOS | 3 | 2006 Rihanna song with the lyric "please someone help me" |
| 66% | SOS | 3 | 2006 Rihanna song with the line "Please someone help me" |
| 57% | ANTHEM | 6 | National song, British one is God Save the King |
| 57% | TAVERN | 6 | Inn, according to song there is one "in the town" |
| 56% | TAKEABOW | 8 | Rihanna song with the lyrics "That was quite a show / Very entertaining / But it's over now" |
| 55% | STILL | 5 | "You're ___ the One," 1998 song by Shania Twain that was nominated for four Grammy Awards |
| 54% | SOS | 3 | 2006 Rihanna song that samples "Tainted Love" |
| 53% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Being the one something is named after |
| 53% | OPERA | 5 | "Song From the Uproar" is one |
| 53% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 53% | TIM | 3 | "___ McGraw," 2006 song by Taylor Swift about the "Live Like You Were Dying" singer |
| 52% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | "Hotel ___," Grammy-winning song by the Eagles which is one of their biggest commercial hits |
| 52% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970] |
| 52% | ITSSERIOUS | 10 | "This relationship could be the one" |
| 52% | DROVE | 5 | Was the designated one? |
| 52% | PRESIDING | 9 | Being the one who is in charge, chairing meetings |
| 52% | ONLY | 4 | "Am I the ___ One" (Dierks Bentley song) |
| 51% | RIDE | 4 | Twenty One Pilots song that was #9 on the 2016 year-end Mainstream Top 40 chart |
| 51% | LASTWORD | 8 | "Clue" is the one in this clue |
| 51% | DUALIPA | 7 | Singer of New Rules, Be the One |
| 51% | CLOSER | 6 | Hit song by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 51% | LOUD | 4 | "Thinking Out ___," hit song by Ed Sheeran which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 51% | DAVIDHASSELHOFF | 15 | *. . . third is the one with the hairy chest! |
| 51% | NEONLIGHTS | 10 | 2013 Demi Lovato song that was also the name of one of her 2014 tours: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LINE | 4 | "I Walk the ___," 1956 song by Johnny Cash that was his first number one hit on Billboard |
| 51% | WILDWILDWEST | 12 | 1988 song one might call a "Club" hit (it was performed by the Escape Club): 3 wds. |
| 51% | GETS | 4 | He ___ me!, I think he is the one |
| 51% | KNOCKS | 6 | "I am the one who ___" ("Breaking Bad" quote) |