| 100% | ITALL | 5 | "Didn't We Almost Have __"; Whitney Houston song |
| 68% | HAVEITALL | 9 | Whitney Houston sang Didn't We Almost __ |
| 68% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 43% | DIDNT | 5 | "__ We Almost Have It All" |
| 42% | SOMEBODY | 8 | I Wanna Dance with __, 1987 Whitney Houston song |
| 42% | OFALL | 5 | "Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) |
| 41% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | Whitney Houston song that asks a question (4 wds.) |
| 41% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (1988 Whitney Houston song) |
| 40% | ONEMOMENTINTIME | 15 | Whitney Houston song used by NBC for the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 39% | NICE | 4 | "This Is Why We Can't Have ___ Things" (Taylor Swift song) |
| 38% | AGAIN | 5 | "Didn't we just have that?" |
| 38% | AGAIN | 5 | "Didn't we just have this?" |
| 38% | REDLIGHT | 8 | What Roxanne didn't have to put on, in a song by The Police |
| 37% | IHAVENOTHING | 12 | Oscar-nominated Whitney Houston song from the soundtrack of 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 36% | ONHIGH | 6 | Like angels we have heard, according to song |
| 36% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | 1986 Whitney Houston #1 song that asks a question: 4 wds. |
| 35% | YES | 3 | "___! We Have No Bananas" (novelty song of old) |
| 35% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ Nothing" (Whitney Houston song) |
| 35% | LACKED | 6 | Didn't have |
| 34% | YET | 3 | "Are We Having Fun ___?," song by Fatboy Slim |
| 34% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (Whitney Houston song) |
| 34% | ALL | 3 | "Greatest Love of ___" (Whitney Houston song) |
| 34% | RANSHORT | 8 | Didn't have enough |
| 34% | SLID | 4 | Didn't have traction |
| 34% | OWED | 4 | Didn't have enough |
| 33% | SLID | 4 | Didn't have good traction |
| 33% | RANSHORT | 8 | Didn't have enough supplies |
| 33% | PASSED | 6 | Didn't have to retake |
| 33% | BANANAS | 7 | "Yes! We Have No ___" (novelty hit song of the 1920s) |
| 33% | IWILL | 5 | "___ Always Love You" (Whitney Houston song): 2 wds. |