| 100% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It" (Michael Jackson song) |
| 100% | PYT | 3 | 1983 Michael Jackson song |
| 98% | GETONTHEFLOOR | 13 | Michael Jackson song |
| 94% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song saying go away |
| 92% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson song with a zombie theme |
| 92% | THRILLER | 8 | Film genre; Michael Jackson song |
| 91% | MIRROR | 6 | Man in the __, Michael Jackson song |
| 91% | HEAL | 4 | "___ the World" (1992 Michael Jackson song) |
| 90% | BEAT | 4 | Michael Jackson's "___ It" |
| 90% | BEAT | 4 | Michael Jackson hit "___ it" |
| 89% | JEAN | 4 | Infamous Billie in a Michael Jackson song |
| 89% | PEPSI | 5 | Michael Jackson once pitched it |
| 88% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song whose title means "Get lost!": 2 wds. |
| 88% | BEN | 3 | #1 Michael Jackson song about an 11-Across |
| 88% | SHES | 4 | "___ Out of My Life" (1980 Michael Jackson song) |
| 87% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 song |
| 86% | EATIT | 5 | Weird Al Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson song |
| 86% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson's song, perfect for Halloween |
| 85% | SLENDERLY | 9 | How Little Susie was fashioned in a Michael Jackson song |
| 85% | TIL | 3 | "Don't Stop ___ You Get Enough" (1979 Michael Jackson song) |
| 82% | EATIT | 5 | 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson song: 2 wds. |
| 82% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | 1983 Michael Jackson song that inspired a moonwalk dance craze: 2 wds. |
| 81% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 81% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson's album with the hit song "Smooth Criminal" |
| 80% | JEAN | 4 | "Billie ___" (Michael Jackson song) |
| 79% | THRILLER | 8 | 1983 Michael Jackson song that a scary music video featuring a horde of zombies |
| 79% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 78% | PYT | 3 | Michael Jackson song from "Thriller" that's sampled in Kanye West's "Good Life" [hidden in COPYTHEFT] |
| 77% | PAULANKA | 8 | Co-writer of Michael Jackson's posthumous hit "This Is It" |
| 76% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It", Michael Jackson's hit single |