| 100% | TINAS | 5 | "Tony n' ___ Wedding" (Off Broadway hit starting in 1988) |
| 58% | TINAS | 5 | "Tony n' ___ Wedding" (Off Broadway hit) |
| 58% | TINAS | 5 | "Tony n' _____ Wedding" (off-Broadway hit) |
| 53% | TINAS | 5 | Off Broadway's "Tony n'_____ Wedding" |
| 50% | TINAS | 5 | “Tony n’ ___ Wedding” (Off Broadway interactive comedy) |
| 45% | HORNETS | 7 | N.B.A. team starting in 1988 |
| 39% | SNL | 3 | NBC hit starting in '75 |
| 39% | OFFICEMAX | 9 | Staples competitor starting in 1988 |
| 39% | THISISUS | 8 | Melodramatic NBC hit starting in 2016 |
| 39% | BOFF | 4 | Broadway hit, in slang |
| 38% | TINAS | 5 | "Tony n' ___ Wedding" (theater hit) |
| 38% | LESMIZ | 6 | Broadway smash starting in '87 |
| 35% | HARD | 4 | "Die ___," action film series that started in 1988 starring Bruce Willis |
| 35% | EVITA | 5 | Broadway hit that originally opened in London in 1978 |
| 34% | EDT | 3 | It starts in late winter in N.Y.C. |
| 34% | UNLACE | 6 | Start to take off, in a way |
| 34% | UNZIP | 5 | Start to take off, in a sense |
| 34% | POV | 3 | PBS series that started in 1988 and has gathered 38 Emmys and 3 Oscars |
| 33% | MAMMAM/FMIA | 11 | 2001 Broadway hit with an exclamation mark in its name |
| 33% | AIDA | 4 | Hit Broadway musical set partly in a tomb |
| 33% | FASTCAR | 7 | 1988 hit with a recent resurgence in popularity |
| 33% | TINAS | 5 | "Tony n' ___ Wedding" |
| 33% | LESMIZ | 6 | Hit Broadway musical set partly in Paris, for short |
| 33% | WERNERKLEMPERER | 15 | 1988 Tony nominee for playing Herr Schultz in "Cabaret" |
| 32% | KOKOMO | 6 | Fictional resort in a 1988 #1 hit |
| 32% | TEED | 4 | Started in golf, with “off” |
| 32% | OLIVER | 6 | Hit Broadway musical with an exclamation point in its name |
| 32% | TOED | 4 | Hit off the end of the club, in golf lingo |
| 32% | GWYNN | 5 | Tony who led the N.L. in batting eight times |
| 32% | STRAIGHTOUTTACOMPTON | 20 | 1988 N.W.A album with the hit “Express Yourself” |