| 100% | STINKSTANKSTUNK | 15 | "The three words that best describe" the Grinch, in song |
| 47% | FOR | 3 | Word that comes before Dummies in the titles of well over 300 books |
| 47% | TRUTH | 5 | "___ Hurts," song by Lizzo that won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2020 |
| 46% | MICHELLE | 8 | 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" |
| 46% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 45% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta that's a word in the song "Yankee Doodle" |
| 45% | JAIL | 4 | Song by Kanye featuring Jay-Z that won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song in 2022 |
| 45% | HANSON | 6 | Group that made up the word "MMMBop" in a 1997 song of the same name |
| 45% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd song hit that #1 three separate times in 2015: 4 wds. |
| 44% | APT | 3 | Word that fittingly fills the blanks in "_ _ propria _ e" |
| 44% | DONTWANNAFIGHT | 14 | Alabama Shakes song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 44% | STAYHIGH | 8 | Brittany Howard song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEBOYISMINE | 12 | R&B duet that was the best-selling song in the US in 1998: 4 wds. |
| 44% | OLE | 3 | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 44% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 44% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 44% | SAL | 3 | "The best pal that I ever had," in song |
| 44% | UNDER | 5 | "___ the Sea," song from "The Little Mermaid" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1989 |
| 44% | THISLAND | 8 | Gary Clark Jr. song that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 44% | YOU | 3 | "Someone like ___," hit song by Adele that won the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2012 |
| 44% | MAKING | 6 | "___ a Fire," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in 2022 |
| 43% | IDIE | 4 | "This'll be the day that ___" (final words in the song "American Pie") |
| 43% | SEA | 3 | "Under the ___," song from "The Little Mermaid" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1989 |
| 43% | ELEVATOR | 8 | "Love in an ___," song by Aerosmith that describes the exciting ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower |
| 43% | AWHOLE | 6 | "___ New World," song from "Aladdin" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WAITING | 7 | "___ on a War," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock song in 2022 |
| 43% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 43% | BEST | 4 | "___ That You Can Do," song from the movie "Arthur" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981 |