| 100% | THINGS | 6 | "My Favorite ___," song from "The Sound of Music" that lists cozy items but wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 55% | RIVER | 5 | Joni Mitchell song about heartbreak that's popular around the holidays but wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 50% | FROSTY | 6 | "___ the Snowman," holiday tune about a magical snowman that wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 50% | AVE | 3 | "___ Maria," hymn dedicated to the Virgin Mary that wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 45% | LET | 3 | "___ It Snow," holiday classic inspired by a California heatwave that wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 36% | RINGS | 5 | "7 ___," hit song by Ariana Grande which samples "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music" |
| 35% | EDELWEISS | 9 | Flower in a song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 33% | WEBUILTTHISCITY | 15 | Starship song written as a lament against the closure of L.A.'s live music clubs |
| 32% | MARIA | 5 | Song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 31% | PERRY | 5 | The Band ___, country music group that won a Grammy for their cover of the song "Gentle on My Mind" |
| 31% | TOGETHER | 8 | "We Belong ___," a song by Mariah Carey that was listed as Billboard's "Song of the Decade" |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 29% | OORAH | 5 | Marines' battle cry that legend says migrated from the sound of a sub's diving klaxon |
| 29% | DOE | 3 | Female animal mentioned in a song in "The Sound of Music" |
| 28% | SADDLE | 6 | "Back in the ___," 1976 song by Aerosmith that features the sounds of a galloping horse |
| 28% | SONY | 4 | Tech giant that originally got its name from a combination of the Latin word for sound and a slang term for a young boy |
| 28% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 28% | YOUWILLBEFOUND | 14 | Song from 16-Across that also serves as a Twitter hashtag within the show: 4 wds. |
| 28% | DOE | 3 | "___, a deer, a female deer ..." ("The Sound of Music" song lyrics) |
| 28% | VONTRAPP | 8 | Family of singers from The Sound of Music |
| 28% | EDELWEISS | 9 | White Swiss flower from The Sound of Music |
| 28% | YODELER | 7 | The lonely goatherd, in a "Sound of Music" song |
| 27% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 27% | TEE | 3 | Golfing item that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 27% | DOREMI | 6 | Song sung by the Sound of Music children |
| 27% | YODEL | 5 | Song from the top of a mountain, often |
| 27% | SCRAPE | 6 | Result of squeezing into a parking space that's closer to the door, but really wasn't intended for a Volkswagen Atlas |
| 27% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Notable invention from the 19th century, that brought steady light to households, and stands as a symbol of an idea: 2 wds. |
| 27% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that Billboard listed as the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 27% | SOBER | 5 | 1993 song by the rock band Tool that features stop-motion animation of a humanoid in the official music video |