| 100% | OLMAN | 5 | "___ River" (song from "Show Boat") (2 wds.) |
| 78% | OLMAN | 5 | "___ River" ("Show Boat" song) (2 wds.) |
| 74% | SHOWTUNE | 8 | Song from a musical: 2 wds. |
| 69% | OLMAN | 5 | "___ River" (song from "Show Boat") |
| 69% | ISME | 4 | "This ___," song from "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 68% | ITGO | 4 | "Let ___" (Academy Award-winning song from "Frozen"): 2 wds. |
| 68% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You" (Theme song from 25a): 2 wds. |
| 68% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There for You" (theme song from "Friends"): 2 wds. |
| 67% | EVERYSTORM | 10 | 2012 hit song from country singer Gary Allan: 2 wds. |
| 67% | DOYOU | 5 | "___ Want to Build A Snowman?" song from "Frozen": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ASOFT | 5 | "___ Place to Land," song from the musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 66% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 66% | LETSDANCE | 9 | Hit title song from David Bowie's 1983 album: 2 wds. |
| 66% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a song from "Thriller": 2 wds. |
| 65% | IMA | 3 | "Baby ___ Star" (Prince song from "Purple Rain"): 2 wds. |
| 64% | DUELINGBANJOS | 13 | Instrumental song from the movie "Deliverance" that hit #2 in 1973: 2 wds. |
| 64% | SWEETVIRGINIA | 13 | Girl in a Rolling Stones song from "Exile on Main St.": 2 wds. |
| 64% | JOHNSEBASTIAN | 13 | He performed the #1 hit theme song from "Welcome Back, Kotter": 2 wds. |
| 64% | ITBE | 4 | "Let ___," final song from The Beatles before McCartney announced his departure: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JESSIESGIRL | 11 | "Possessive" #1 Rick Springfield song from 1981: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ARTHURSTHEME | 12 | "Possessive" #1 Christopher Cross song from 1981: 2 wds. |
| 63% | YOUWILLBEFOUND | 14 | Song from 16-Across that also serves as a Twitter hashtag within the show: 4 wds. |
| 63% | SHOWTUNE | 8 | Song from a musical (2 wds.) |
| 63% | NEGATIVECREEP | 13 | Kurt Cobain's hit song from Nirvana's first studio album "Bleach": 2 wds. |
| 63% | CLOUDNUMBER | 11 | "___ Nine", song from Bryan Adams' eighth album "On a Day Like Today": 2 wds. |
| 63% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | Hit song from the British rock band "Queen" that featured David Bowie: 2 wds. |
| 61% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Song from Taylor Swift's "1989" with a tongue-in-cheek video where she goes nuts: 2 wds. |
| 61% | MARRYME | 7 | Song from Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes" album that topped the Country Airplay charts in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 61% | IWONT | 5 | "___ Say (I'm in Love)," song from Disney's "Hercules" which achieved critical acclaim: 2 wds. |
| 61% | OLMAN | 5 | ___ River ("Show Boat" song) |