| 100% | COAL | 4 | "___ Miner's Daughter" (song by a country artist who left us in 2022) |
| 57% | NEED | 4 | "I ___ to Know" (song by a rock artist who left us in 2017) |
| 53% | HOOD | 4 | "Boyz-n-the-___" (song by a rap artist who left us in 1995) |
| 48% | YOU | 3 | "Addicted to ___" (song by an EDM artist who left us in 2018) |
| 41% | RED | 3 | "Little ___ Corvette" (song by an R&B/funk artist who left us in 2016) |
| 37% | BODY | 4 | "Touch My ___," a song by Mariah Carey that made her the solo artist with most #1 singles in the U.S. |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 36% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Amidst the Chaos" artist who starred in a 2022 revival of "Into the Woods" |
| 34% | FOY | 3 | Eddie —, US vaudeville artist portrayed by Bob Hope in a 1955 biopic |
| 34% | LUKE | 4 | Country artist Bryan who’s a judge on “American Idol” |
| 33% | SEAU | 4 | Retired linebacker Junior who left us in May 2012 |
| 33% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 33% | SEAL | 4 | Aquatic mammal named Sammy who leaves the zoo for a day in a kids' classic by Syd Hoff |
| 33% | MAMMAS | 6 | Who shouldn't "let your babies grow up to be cowboys," in a 1978 #1 country song |
| 32% | HILL | 4 | "Running Up That ___," 1985 song by Kate Bush that went viral in 2022 because of a scene in "Stranger Things" |
| 32% | LIZ | 3 | Dick Cheney's daughter who's a US representative |
| 32% | DEEPCUTS | 8 | Songs by a recording artist that aren't well known |
| 32% | PIANOMAN | 8 | Person who was asked to "sing us a song tonight" in a Billy Joel hit: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELI | 3 | Country singer Mike who's in a band with James Young |
| 31% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 31% | RITADOVE | 8 | U.S. poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 |
| 31% | OOHLALA | 7 | Song performed by Britney Spears in "The Smurfs 2" who has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London: 3 wds. |
| 31% | LOLA | 4 | Song character who's met "in a club down in old Soho" |
| 31% | NOONE | 5 | Who has won all 50 states in a U.S. presidential election? |
| 31% | FROGGY | 6 | One who "went a-courtin'," in a children's song |
| 31% | IPANEMA | 7 | Whence a girl who's "like a samba," in song |
| 31% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who plays a U.S. President in “G20” |
| 30% | ELLIE | 5 | Teenage girl who's a hero in "The Last of Us" |
| 30% | LIKE | 4 | "___ a Cowboy," 2014 song by country music artist Randy Houser |