| 100% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears hit song) |
| 90% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears song) |
| 86% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears hit) |
| 86% | EVERYBODY | 9 | Tears for Fears song: __ Wants to Rule the World |
| 85% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (#1 hit by Tears for Fears) |
| 80% | EVERYBODY | 9 | __ Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears song |
| 67% | TEARS | 5 | ___ for Fears ("Everybody Wants to Rule the World" band) |
| 57% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song for the Goo Goo Dolls with the repeated line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 54% | MAD | 3 | "___ World" (Tears for Fears song on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack) |
| 53% | SEEDS | 5 | "Sowing the ___ of Love" (Tears for Fears hit song) |
| 53% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" |
| 49% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 49% | SHOUT | 5 | 1985 tears for fears hit |
| 48% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SOW | 3 | What Tears for Fears will do to "The Seeds of Love" |
| 47% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | Falling in love-themed Tears for Fears hit |
| 47% | SHOUT | 5 | Yell, or a 1984 Tears For Fears hit |
| 47% | MAD | 3 | "___ World" (Tears for Fears song) |
| 47% | JOY | 3 | "___ to the World" (Christmas song) |
| 47% | JOY | 3 | "___ to the World" (Pentatonix song) |
| 46% | PAULACOLE | 9 | Singer whose "I Don't Want to Wait" was the theme song for "Dawson's Creek": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HAND | 4 | "I Want to Hold Your ___," 1963 song by The Beatles which was their first number 1 hit in America |
| 45% | NOEL | 4 | "Joy to the World," for one |
| 45% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 45% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 44% | EBBTIDE | 7 | Hit song for the Righteous Brothers |
| 44% | TEARSFORFEARS | 13 | English band with the 1985 #1 hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World": 3 wds. |
| 43% | RUN | 3 | "___ the World (Girls)" (Beyoncé hit song) |
| 43% | TULSA | 5 | "___ Time," hit song by country artist Don Williams which is dedicated to the city historically known as the "Oil Capital of the World" |
| 43% | RAIN | 4 | "Set Fire to the ___," hit song by Adele that won the Grammy in 2013 for its live rendition at the Royal Albert Hall |