| 100% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?" ("How will I be benefit?"): 2 wds. |
| 64% | IDEST | 5 | What "i.e.", meaning "that is", actually stands for: 2 wds. |
| 63% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?": 2 wds. |
| 62% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?" ("what's there for me"): 2 wds. |
| 62% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?" ("What do I get?"): 2 wds. |
| 62% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?" ("What do I get"): 2 wds. |
| 61% | IDO | 3 | "What can ___ for you?" ("How can I help?"): 2 wds. |
| 61% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Superstition" singer featured on "That's What Friends Are For": 2 wds. |
| 60% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | Grammy Award winner for "That's What I Like" who was the halftime headliner at the Super Bowl in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 60% | SAYSYOU | 7 | "That's not what I was told" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "Walk On By" singer featured on "That's What Friends Are For": 2 wds. |
| 59% | ATAD | 4 | "This dish is ___ spicy for me" (little bit): 2 wds. |
| 59% | ALTEREGO | 8 | What Clark Kent is for Superman: 2 wds. |
| 59% | STEPHENAUSTIN | 13 | Colonizer of what was then part of Mexico, for whom Texas's capital is named: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "That's What Friends Are For" singer who received a 2023 Kennedy Center Honor: 2 wds. |
| 58% | IWONDER | 7 | "... How ___ what you are...": 2 wds. (nursery rhyme lyrics) |
| 58% | ATAD | 4 | "This curry is ___ spicy for me.": 2 wds. |
| 58% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | "Midnight Train to Georgia" singer featured on 1985's "That's What Friends Are For": 2 wds. |
| 58% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "How Will I Know" singer: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "That's What I Like" singer known for wearing a fedora or a trucker's cap: 2 wds. |
| 57% | INIT | 4 | "What's ___ for me?" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | INIT | 4 | ''What's ___ for me?'' (2 wds.) |
| 56% | GRADUATIONDAY | 13 | What 5/25/14 was for 18-Across at Brown University: 2 wds. |
| 56% | IWONDER | 7 | "... How ___ what you are ..." (line from "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"): 2 wds. |
| 55% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "24K Magic" singer who won the award for R&B Song, "That's What I Like" in Billboard 2018: 2 wds |
| 55% | TODO | 4 | "What am I ___?": 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATA | 3 | "She was ___ loss for words after hearing about what had happened.": 2 wds. |
| 54% | AFREE | 5 | "It's ___ country!" ("I can do what I want!"): 2 wds. |
| 54% | NSYNC | 5 | "It's Gonna Be Me" boy band: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JLO | 3 | Singer whose "This Is Me ... Now" album dropped in 2024, for short: 2 wds. |