| 100% | AIR | 3 | "The ___ That I Breathe" (The Hollies hit song) |
| 86% | AIR | 3 | "The ___ That I Breathe" (1974 hit single for the Hollies) |
| 63% | EMOTION | 7 | "I Second That ___" (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit song) |
| 62% | FREEDOM | 7 | A hit song by Pharrell Williams that was used in the film "Despicable Me 3" |
| 61% | HEATWAVE | 8 | Martha and the Vandellas hit song that starts, "Whenever I'm with him / Something inside / Starts to burning" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | WHEN | 4 | "___ I Look at You," hit song by Miley Cyrus that was featured in the 2010 film "The Last Song" |
| 61% | WILDESTDREAMS | 13 | Hit song by 30-Across from the album "1989" that begs, "Say you'll remember me" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | COOL | 4 | The Hollies hit song "Long ___ Woman in a Black Dress" |
| 60% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 60% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 60% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | HAPPY | 5 | "___ Song," 2015 hit by the band Bring Me the Horizon that spells out the word "S-P-I-R-I-T" |
| 57% | USED | 4 | "Somebody That I ___ to Know" (Gotye hit song) |
| 57% | ONE | 3 | "You're the ___ That I Want" ("Grease" song) |
| 56% | AHOLD | 5 | The Miracles hit song "You've Really Got ___ on Me" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | SAM | 3 | ___ Smith, singer of the massive hit song "Stay With Me" |
| 55% | WANT | 4 | “You’re the One That I ___” (“Grease” song) |
| 55% | YOURE | 5 | "___ the One That I Want" ("Grease" song) |
| 55% | LOVEMEDO | 8 | Early hit song by the Beatles that promises, "I'll always be true" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | SUBLIME | 7 | Ska punk band with the 1997 hit song "What I Got" |
| 55% | BUS | 3 | "___ Stop" (1966 hit song by The Hollies) |
| 55% | LINE | 4 | "I Walk the ___," 1956 song by Johnny Cash that was his first number one hit on Billboard |
| 54% | IWANTIT | 7 | "___ That Way," a hit song by the Backstreet Boys: 3 wds. |
| 54% | HER | 3 | "And I Love ___," hit song by The Beatles |
| 53% | TWO | 3 | "Love Me ___ Times" (1967 hit song for the Doors) |
| 53% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that was the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 53% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 52% | GAME | 4 | "Play the ___," hit song by Queen that was written by Freddie Mercury |
| 52% | BLONDIE | 7 | 80s rock band that had a hit song, "Call Me" |
| 52% | RAE | 3 | Carly ___ Jepsen, singer of the hit song "Call Me Maybe" |