| 100% | GOTTA | 5 | "I've ___ Be Me" (1969 hit) |
| 70% | SYL | 3 | Singer Johnson with the 1969 hit "Is It Because I'm Black" |
| 69% | GONNA | 5 | "It's ___ Be Me" (NSYNC hit) |
| 68% | SHES | 4 | "___ All I Wanna Be" (Tate McRae hit) |
| 67% | CHARLENE | 8 | Singer with a one hit wonder I've Never Been to Me |
| 66% | HOW | 3 | "___ Will I Know" (1985 Whitney Houston hit) |
| 66% | WHIPPINGPOST | 12 | 1969 song written by Gregg Allman that begins, "I've been run down / I've been lied to" (2 wds.) |
| 65% | ITS | 3 | "___ Gonna Be Me" (2000 N Sync hit) |
| 65% | ITS | 3 | "___ Gonna Be Me" (2000 'N Sync hit) |
| 65% | KNOW | 4 | "How Will I ___" (1985 Whitney Houston hit) |
| 64% | IVE | 3 | "___ Gotta Be Me" (1968 Sammy Davis Jr. hit) |
| 64% | SHED | 4 | "_____ Rather Be With Me" (1967 hit) |
| 64% | SHED | 4 | "___ Rather Be With Me" (1967 hit) |
| 64% | BOY | 3 | "If I Were a ___" (Beyonce hit) |
| 63% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is Why I'm Hot," 2007 #1 hit |
| 62% | SURE | 4 | "How Can I Be ___?" (Young Rascals hit) |
| 62% | MEANT | 5 | "You Were ___ for Me" (Jewel hit song) |
| 62% | WHIPPINGPOST | 12 | 1969 song written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "I've been run down and I've been lied to" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | ABOY | 4 | "If I Were —" (Beyonce hit) |
| 62% | ORSO | 4 | ''. . . __ I've been told'' |
| 62% | ORSO | 4 | "___ I've been told" |
| 61% | AGES | 4 | I've been waiting here for ___! |
| 61% | STUPID | 6 | With 40-Across, Lady Gaga hit that begins, "You're the one that I've been waiting for / Gotta quit this crying" |
| 60% | NSYNC | 5 | *Group with the 2000 #1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me" |
| 60% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band with the #1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me" |
| 60% | WHEN | 4 | "___ I Was Your Man" (2013 Bruno Mars hit) |
| 60% | MAN | 3 | "When I Was Your ___" (Bruno Mars hit) |
| 60% | LET | 3 | Elvis' hit "(___ Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" |
| 60% | INEEDANAP | 9 | "This midday slump is really hitting me!" |
| 60% | ORSO | 4 | "... ___ I've been told": 2 wds. |