| 100% | WONDERFUL | 9 | "It's the Most ___ Time of the Year," a hugely popular Christmas song by Andy Williams |
| 68% | WONDERFUL | 9 | How Andy Williams describes Christmas in a 1963 song? "It's the Most ___ Time of the Year" |
| 51% | WILLIAMS | 8 | Andy __; It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year |
| 48% | MOST | 4 | "It's the ___ Wonderful Time of the Year" (Christmas song) |
| 43% | BIRDS | 5 | This 2024 song of the year led the flock. Give it up for "___ of a Feather" by Billie Eilish! |
| 41% | LAST | 4 | "___ Christmas," hit song by pop duo Wham! which topped the UK Singles Chart more than 36 years after its initial release |
| 41% | ALLI | 4 | "___ Want For Christmas is You," song by Mariah Carey that topped the charts after 25 years of its release: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SINGLELADIES | 12 | "___ (Put a Ring on It)," a song by Beyonce that has become one of the best-selling singles of all time: 2 wds. |
| 40% | 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 |
| 40% | CMA | 3 | Group that has named Garth Brooks its Entertainer of the Year a record seven times: Abbr. |
| 39% | SERENA | 6 | Williams regarded by many as the greatest athlete of all time |
| 39% | IKO | 3 | When repeated, it's a popular song by "The Dixie Cups" |
| 39% | MOST | 4 | "It's the ___ Wonderful Time of the Year" |
| 39% | GONNAMAKE | 9 | "___ It Through This Year," a song about New Year's by the Great Lake Swimmers: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SWEETDAY | 8 | "One ___," a song by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, that was Billboard's most successful song of the 1990s: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ONE | 3 | A hit song by U2, which is considered one of the greatest songs of all time |
| 37% | SIGN | 4 | "___ of the Times," hit song by Harry Styles which won a Brit Award in 2018 |
| 37% | WATCHTOWER | 10 | "All Along the ___," a hit song by Jimi Hendrix - whose birthday it is today - which is a cover of Bob Dylan's original |
| 37% | UNLOGO | 6 | It's a polar map of the world wreathed by olive branches |
| 37% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis star who's been ATP Player of the Year a record eight times: 2 wds. |
| 37% | METOOMOVEMENT | 13 | Its members were collectively awarded Time magazine's 2017 Person of the Year |
| 36% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 36% | METOO | 5 | Movement spearheaded by Time's 2017 People of the Year "Silence Breakers" |
| 36% | SEASONAL | 8 | Occurring at a particular time of the year |
| 36% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is It," theme song sung by Polly Cutter in the 1975 series "One Day at a Time" |
| 36% | FLOW | 4 | "Let It ___," song by Toni Braxton with an ocean-related term describing the movement of a liquid |
| 36% | SIMONEBILES | 11 | Most decorated American gymnast who was Time's 2021 Athlete of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AREA | 4 | It's a product of the length multiplied by the width |
| 36% | SILICON | 7 | More than a quarter of the earth's crust, by mass |
| 36% | ALOT | 4 | "It's Beginning to Look ___ Like Christmas," a hit song by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters: 2 wds. |