| 100% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (1988 Whitney Houston song) |
| 79% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (Whitney Houston song) |
| 65% | ONEMOMENTINTIME | 15 | Whitney Houston song used by NBC for the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 63% | 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 |
| 55% | STITCH | 6 | One in time saves nine |
| 52% | OFALL | 5 | "Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) |
| 52% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | Whitney Houston song that asks a question (4 wds.) |
| 52% | ONEMOMENTINTIME | 15 | Instant, or a 1988 Whitney Houston hit |
| 51% | ITSYBITSYSPIDER | 15 | Determined one in a kid's song |
| 51% | SOMEBODY | 8 | I Wanna Dance with __, 1987 Whitney Houston song |
| 51% | ITALL | 5 | "Didn't We Almost Have __"; Whitney Houston song |
| 50% | ACTOR | 5 | One in a cast, at times |
| 50% | QUEENOFTHENIGHT | 15 | Whitney Houston hit featured in "The Bodyguard" |
| 50% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | One of two in a Christmas song |
| 50% | PIPER | 5 | One of 11 in a Christmas song |
| 50% | LORD | 4 | One of 10 leapers in a song |
| 50% | SAGE | 4 | One of rosemary's partners in song |
| 50% | SWAN | 4 | One of seven in a holiday song |
| 49% | KNOB | 4 | One in an Old Time Radio lineup |
| 49% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Whitney Houston appeared on its cover in 1981 |
| 48% | FARM | 4 | Old MacDonald had one, in song |
| 48% | ONEMOMENTINTIME | 15 | Whitney Houston hit recorded for the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 48% | BODYGUARD | 9 | Kevin Costner protects Whitney Houston in The __ |
| 48% | STEP | 4 | "___ in Time" ("Mary Poppins" song-and-dance number) |
| 48% | LORD | 4 | One "a-leaping" in a Christmas song |
| 48% | DOGIE | 5 | One told to "git along," in song |
| 48% | LORDS | 5 | Ones "a-leaping" in a Yule song |
| 47% | YELLOWROSE | 10 | Texas has one, in song |
| 47% | ONTHESIDE | 9 | In one's spare time |
| 47% | ATLEISURE | 9 | In one's spare time |