| 100% | NOI | 3 | "___ won't back down" (Tom Petty lyric) (2 wds.) |
| 85% | NOI | 3 | "__ won't back down": Tom Petty lyric |
| 72% | IWONT | 5 | "___ Back Down" (Tom Petty song): 2 wds. |
| 57% | PETTY | 5 | "I Won't Back Down" singer Tom |
| 57% | TOM | 3 | "I Won't Back Down" singer Petty |
| 50% | INSISTS | 7 | Won't back down |
| 49% | WONT | 4 | "I ___ Back Down" (1989 Tom Petty song) |
| 49% | WONT | 4 | "I ___ Back Down" (classic Tom Petty song) |
| 47% | FREEFALLIN | 10 | 1989 rock song by Tom Petty: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WONT | 4 | "I ___ Back Down" (Tom Petty song) |
| 47% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 hit for Tom Petty and the 15-Across with the lyric "But I ain't got wings": 3 wds. |
| 47% | THEWAITING | 10 | 1981 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOMPETTY | 8 | "I Won't Back Down" singer |
| 45% | WONTBACKDOWN | 12 | "I ___," 1989 song by Tom Petty from the album "Full Moon Fever": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MIXEDMARTIAL | 12 | ___ arts, extreme sport which was the central theme of "Never Back Down": 2 wds. |
| 43% | LIFEISAHIGHWAY | 14 | Tom Cochrane song with the lyrics "Come ride with me to the distant shore / We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | NOI | 3 | "___ won't be afraid" ("Stand By Me" lyric) (2 wds.) |
| 41% | EASYA | 5 | Class that won't bring down one's GPA (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "But I ain't got wings" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | WEA | 3 | "Aren't ___ pair?": 2 wds. (Stephen Sondheim lyrics) |
| 39% | OFEVERYTHING | 12 | "The Best ___," 2019 album with the greatest hits by Tom Petty both as a solo artist and a band member: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NOI | 3 | ___ won't! (firm refusal): 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEWHO | 6 | "Won't Get Fooled Again" band: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HESA | 4 | "___ real nowhere man...": 2 wds. (Beatles lyrics) |
| 37% | WEA | 3 | "Are ___ pair?": 2 wds. (Stephen Sondheim lyrics) |
| 37% | ABIT | 4 | "This won't hurt ___": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ABIT | 4 | "This won't hurt ___!" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ASOUL | 5 | "I won't tell ___!" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TRYME | 5 | Response to "You won't believe this" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | IWONDER | 7 | "... How ___ what you are...": 2 wds. (nursery rhyme lyrics) |