| 100% | WERE | 4 | "___ Not in Kansas," 1991 song by Big Country |
| 45% | TEEN | 4 | "Smells Like ___ Spirit," 1991 song by Nirvana, with a music video set in school |
| 44% | DOG | 3 | "Hound ___," original song by Big Mama Thornton that was covered by Elvis Presley in 1956 |
| 43% | AWAY | 4 | "Give It ___," 1991 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers which won a Grammy Award in 1992 |
| 43% | TEENSPIRIT | 10 | "Smells Like ____," a massive hit song by Nirvana released in 1991: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IHOPEYOUDANCE | 13 | Song by 29-Across/32-Across that won the Best Country Song Grammy Award in 2001 (4 wds.) |
| 41% | WERE | 4 | "... ___ not in Kansas anymore" |
| 41% | WERE | 4 | "… ___ not in Kansas anymore" |
| 40% | HOME | 4 | "She's Leaving ___," song by Lennon-McCartney in which the band members did not play any instruments |
| 40% | BLACK | 5 | 1991 song written by Eddie Vedder that was featured in the sixth season finale of the TV series "Cold Case" |
| 40% | DOOR | 4 | "Knockin' on Heaven's ___," original song by Bob Dylan that was covered by Guns N' Roses in 1991 |
| 39% | ANYMORE | 7 | "We're not in Kansas ___" |
| 39% | ABROAD | 6 | Not in the country |
| 39% | ABROAD | 6 | Not in this country |
| 38% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 38% | OVERDUE | 7 | Not in by the deadline |
| 37% | GOTTA | 5 | "I ___ Feeling," song by The Black Eyed Peas which holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling download in the UK |
| 37% | STRANGER | 8 | "___ in My House," song written by Mike Reid that won the Grammy for Best Country Song in 1984 |
| 37% | IVE | 3 | "Toto, ___ a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" |
| 36% | ANYMORE | 7 | "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas ___" |
| 36% | TOTO | 4 | "___, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" |
| 36% | SON | 3 | "Carry on Wayward ___," song by Kansas |
| 36% | REBA | 4 | Big name in country |
| 36% | ONTO | 4 | Not taken in by |
| 35% | OMYSOUL | 7 | 1974 song by rock's Big Star |
| 35% | GARTH | 5 | Big name in country music |
| 35% | REBA | 4 | Big name in country music |
| 35% | JUDD | 4 | Big name in country music |
| 35% | ARIA | 4 | Big song in an opera |
| 35% | BOYS | 4 | Song by Lizzo that featured in the period drama "Dickinson" |