| 100% | TOWN | 4 | "Just a small ___ girl ... " (opening line of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'") |
| 44% | ROSESARERED | 11 | Opening line of a Valentine's Day rhyme |
| 40% | CLOSEYOUREYES | 13 | Opening line of a fantasy series, maybe? |
| 39% | TRYTOSEEITMYWAY | 15 | Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hit |
| 38% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FREEFALLIN | 10 | Tom Petty hit with the opening line "She's a good girl, loves her mama" |
| 37% | BELOVED | 7 | 1987 novel with the opening lines “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom” |
| 37% | DINGHY | 6 | A small open-topped boat, sometimes made of rubber |
| 37% | JOURNEY | 7 | Don't Stop Believin' band |
| 36% | TOWN | 4 | "Just a small-___ girl . . ." |
| 36% | DOH | 3 | "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say ___" (episode of "The Simpsons" with a punny title) |
| 36% | JOURNEY | 7 | Don't Stop Believin' and Faithfully singers |
| 34% | BABYSTEPS | 9 | Small progress in the beginning of a long journey |
| 34% | SUI | 3 | Creator of a ''Gossip Girl'' design line |
| 33% | HAMLETS | 7 | Small settlements of just a few houses |
| 33% | MAGI | 4 | "Journey of the ___," 43 line Christmas poem by T.S. Eliot |
| 33% | JOURNEY | 7 | Band that sang Don't Stop Believin' |
| 33% | NOW | 3 | "Don't Stop Me ___," 1979 song by Queen which is a part of the album "Jazz" |
| 33% | ASKING | 6 | "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, ___ him to love her" |
| 32% | SEAM | 4 | Stitched line joining the front and back of a t-shirt |
| 32% | ASIDE | 5 | Line of dialogue directed at a play's audience |
| 32% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | Second line of a child's joke |
| 32% | JOURNEY | 7 | Band that released Don't Stop Believin' in 1981 |
| 32% | CUTIN | 5 | Don't wait your turn on a line |
| 32% | NEEDLEGALHELP | 13 | Top line of a lawyer's solicitation ad |
| 32% | NOWIKNOWMYABCS | 14 | Penultimate line of a popular children's song |
| 32% | JOURNEY | 7 | "Don't Stop Believin'" band |
| 32% | ABCD | 4 | Opening of a kid's song |
| 31% | GLEE | 4 | Fox series whose 2009 pilot featured a performance of “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” |
| 31% | AGO | 3 | "A long, long time ___ " (first line of Don McLean's "American Pie") |