| 100% | WERE | 4 | "___ Not Gonna Take It" (1984 hit song) |
| 81% | WERE | 4 | "___ Not Gonna Take It" (1984 Twisted Sister hit) |
| 81% | WERE | 4 | "___ Not Gonna Take It" (1984 Twisted Sister song) |
| 73% | WERE | 4 | "___ Not Gonna Take It" (Twisted Sister hit) |
| 46% | LEGS | 4 | 1984 hit song by ZZ Top |
| 44% | RELAX | 5 | 1984 hit song for Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| 44% | GONNA | 5 | "We're Not ___ Take It" (Twisted Sister song) |
| 43% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | LET | 3 | Hit song by The Beatles, "___ It Be" |
| 42% | THEYRE | 6 | "___ not gonna know what hit 'em" |
| 41% | EATIT | 5 | 1984 hit parody of a 1983 hit song |
| 41% | STRONG | 6 | Hit song on boygenius' 2023 album, Not __ Enough |
| 41% | EASY | 4 | "Take it ___", hit song by The Eagles |
| 41% | SHAKE | 5 | Taylor Swift hit song "___ It Off" |
| 41% | REVOLT | 6 | Not take it anymore |
| 41% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Dee Snider, with the hit "We're Not Gonna Take It": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GONNA | 5 | “We’re Not ___ Take It” (Twisted Sister hit) |
| 40% | EAT | 3 | "___ It" (1984 Weird Al Yankovic hit song) |
| 40% | WHOLESOMELY | 11 | ''Should we take it all or not?'' |
| 40% | MISS | 4 | It's not a hit |
| 40% | REACT | 5 | Not take it lying down |
| 40% | BREATH | 6 | The Police's hit song Every __ You Take |
| 40% | TAYLOR | 6 | Singer of hit song Shake it off, __ Swift |
| 40% | EAT | 3 | "___ It" (1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic hit song) |
| 40% | SIDEB | 5 | It's usually not a hit |
| 39% | THELIMIT | 8 | Where to take it to, in an Eagles hit |
| 39% | IRONY | 5 | It's not to be taken literally |
| 39% | IDIOM | 5 | It's not to be taken literally |
| 38% | BREATH | 6 | No. 1 hit song by the Police: "Every __ You Take" |