| 100% | BOOGIE | 6 | "Oogie ___'s Song," song performed by the eponymous villain in Disney's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
| 53% | SHINY | 5 | Song performed by the villainous Tamatoa in Disney's "Moana" |
| 52% | PREPARED | 8 | "Be ___," song performed by the villainous Scar in Disney's "The Lion King" |
| 51% | MOTHER | 6 | "___ Knows Best," song performed by the villainous Gothel in Disney's "Tangled" |
| 47% | BOOGIE | 6 | The Nightmare Before Christmas' villain, oogie __ |
| 45% | SOULS | 5 | "Poor Unfortunate ___," song performed by the villainous Ursula the Sea Witch in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" |
| 43% | OOGIE | 5 | ___ Boogie, villain in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" who is voiced by Ken Page |
| 40% | OVERTHELOVE | 11 | New song performed by Florence + The Machine in 2013's "The Great Gatsby": 3 wds. |
| 39% | OOGIE | 5 | ___ Boogie, villain in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
| 38% | PUMPKINKING | 11 | Halloween Town leader in The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| 35% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | OOGIE | 5 | __ Boogie: "The Nightmare Before Christmas" villain |
| 34% | FURS | 4 | "Venus In ___," song by The Velvet Underground that was inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's eponymous novel |
| 34% | JUNE | 4 | "___ in January," song performed by Bing Crosby in the 1934 film "Here Is My Heart" |
| 34% | TAKE | 4 | "Every Breath You ___," song performed by the Police that won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1984 |
| 34% | LOVEISTHEDRUG | 13 | Roxy Music song performed by Bryan Ferry in 2013's "The Great Gatsby": 4 wds. |
| 33% | OOGIE | 5 | ___ Boogie, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" villain with a rhyming name |
| 32% | FARKUS | 6 | Scut ___, villain in the 1983 film "A Christmas Story" who is played by Zack Ward |
| 32% | JACK | 4 | ___ Skellington, lovable skeletal monster who rules Halloween Town in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
| 32% | TUTTI | 5 | Performed by the whole ensemble, in music |
| 32% | SCROOGE | 7 | Ebenezer ___, villain in the 1984 film "A Christmas Carol" who is played by George C. Scott |
| 31% | ADVENT | 6 | The season before Christmas in Christianity |
| 31% | BOWL | 4 | "The Super ___ Shuffle" (rap song performed by the Chicago Bears) |
| 31% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Nightmare Before Christmas opening song This Is __ |
| 31% | TONIGHT | 7 | "___ The Heartache's on Me," song from 14a by The Chicks, which released in 1999 |
| 31% | JAFAR | 5 | Fictional villain voiced by Jonathan Freeman who appeared in Disney's "Aladdin" |
| 31% | FASTCAR | 7 | Song performed by Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs at the 2024 Grammys |
| 30% | HADES | 5 | Greek god of the underworld voiced by James Woods in Disney's Hercules |
| 30% | SURFERGIRL | 10 | One "standing by the ocean's roar," in a 1963 song |
| 30% | IGET | 4 | "___ Around," song released by The Beach Boys in 1964: 2 wds. |