| 100% | INC | 3 | "Feel Good ___" (2005 hit for Gorillaz) |
| 78% | INC | 3 | "Feel Good ___" (2005 Gorillaz hit) |
| 70% | DEMONDAYS | 9 | 2005 Gorillaz album with the hit single "Feel Good Inc.": 2 wds. |
| 60% | INC | 3 | "Feel Good ___" (2005 Gorillaz song) |
| 56% | BROKE | 5 | 2005 nominee for Best Picture |
| 55% | SPAMALOT | 8 | 2005 Tony winner for Best Musical |
| 55% | CRASH | 5 | 2005 Oscar winner for Best Picture |
| 54% | ABOVEONESSTATIONWAGON | 21 | Feeling too good for the family car? |
| 54% | AMYADAMS | 8 | 2005 Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Junebug" |
| 49% | JESSIEWARE | 10 | "That! Feels Good!" singer who was nominated for a 2023 Mercury Prize (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Band best known for its hit "Eye of the Tiger" |
| 49% | AHA | 3 | Band best known for the hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 49% | SUNSHINE | 8 | Little Miss __, feel good 2006 hit movie |
| 49% | SPEEDOFSOUND | 12 | 2005 top 10 hit for Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 48% | HAZEL | 5 | "Behind These ___ Eyes" (2005 hit for Kelly Clarkson) |
| 48% | HAPPY | 5 | Feel-good Pharrell Williams hit single |
| 48% | CHAKAKHAN | 9 | Singer with the #1 R&B hit "I Feel for You" |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing" according to a 1970 hit |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the line "What is it good for?" |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing," in an Edwin Starr hit |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing," per a 1970 #1 hit |
| 47% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | First #1 hit for 17-Across, which lent its name to a 2005 biopic: 4 wds. |
| 47% | MADEINAMERICA | 13 | #1 2011 country hit for Toby Keith about not wanting to buy foreign goods: 3 wds. |
| 47% | SAILON | 6 | 1979 Commodores hit with the lyric "Good times never felt so good" |
| 47% | CSLEWIS | 7 | *Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film |
| 47% | OBAMA | 5 | Winner of the 2005 and 2007 Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album |
| 46% | SOLIDLY | 7 | How best to hit a ball for a home run |
| 46% | PONTOON | 7 | #1 country hit for 48-Across that won the 2013 Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance |
| 46% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "huh, yeah, What is it good for?" |
| 46% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing," per an Edwin Starr No. 1 hit |