| 100% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel |
| 89% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Storm Front" |
| 73% | START | 5 | Billy Joel hit song "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 64% | START | 5 | Billy Joel's "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 64% | START | 5 | Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t ___ the Fire” |
| 56% | EDSEL | 5 | Auto mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 55% | PIANO | 5 | "___ Man," 1973 hit by Billy Joel from the eponymous album |
| 55% | COLAWARS | 8 | 1980s conflict mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 55% | ROYCOHN | 7 | McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 54% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical featuring "We Didn't Start the Fire" and other Billy Joel tunes (2 wds.) |
| 52% | EDSEL | 5 | It was "a no-go" in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 51% | FIRE | 4 | "We Didn't Start the ___," Billy Joel hit which was parodied in season 2 of "The Office" |
| 51% | DIDNT | 5 | "We ___ Start the Fire" (Billy Joel hit) |
| 50% | REDCHINA | 8 | Term between Doris Day and Johnnie Ray in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 50% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy |
| 50% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy ___ |
| 48% | GIRL | 4 | "Uptown ___," 1983 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart from his album "An Innocent Man" |
| 46% | HER | 3 | "Tell ___ About It," 1983 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "An Innocent Man" |
| 46% | JOEL | 4 | Billy who sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 45% | LIFE | 4 | "My ___," 1978 hit by Billy Joel from his album "52nd Street" |
| 44% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | "It's Still ___ To Me," 1980 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Glass Houses": 3 wds. |
| 44% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” (Billy Joel hit) |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | "Just the Way You ___" (title of hits by Billy Joel and Bruno Mars) |
| 42% | LONGEST | 7 | Billy Joel's doo-wap hit, "For the __ time" |
| 41% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel hit with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" |
| 41% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer |
| 40% | THEFIRE | 7 | In the song, Billy Joel didn't start it |
| 39% | MAN | 3 | "Piano ___," 1973 song by Billy Joel that peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 38% | CITY | 4 | "Paradise ___," 1989 hit song by Guns N' Roses that starts with the chorus |
| 38% | SET | 3 | "___ Fire to the Rain," a massive hit song by Adele |