| 100% | CANTI | 5 | "Why ___ stay out late tonight?" ("Why am I not allowed?"): 2 wds. |
| 43% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Edward, an American pianist and bandleader, whose last words were "Music is how I live, why I live, and how I will be remembered": 2 wds. |
| 43% | IHOPE | 5 | "___ I am not bothering you": 2 wds. |
| 42% | APAL | 4 | "C'mon, be ___" ("Help me out!"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | APAL | 4 | "Come on, be ___" ("Help me out"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | USEDTO | 6 | "I'm not as young as I ___ be": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASA | 3 | "___ matter of fact, I am not okay with it": 2 wds. |
| 40% | NOLUCK | 6 | "I've had ___ at all" ("Fortune has not been with me"): 2 wds. |
| 39% | SEENO | 5 | "I ___ reason why not!": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAYI | 4 | "Will you allow me?": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JIMMYFALLON | 11 | Late-night host who was honored with the Ben & Jerry's flavor The Tonight Dough: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAYI | 4 | "Will you allow me to?": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MACYGRAY | 8 | "I Try" singer, whose last name is a color: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ONETO | 5 | "You should be the last ___ complain" (not expected): 2 wds. |
| 38% | ITOO | 4 | "Am ___ late?" ("Did you start without me?"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CANTI | 5 | "Why ___ log into my account?" ("Why am I unable to log in?"): 2 wds. |
| 37% | WAITUP | 6 | "Don't ___" ("I'll be home really late"): 2 wds. |
| 37% | APAL | 4 | "C'mon, be ___!" ("Help me out!") (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LIETO | 5 | Not be honest with: 2 wds. |
| 36% | OFNO | 4 | "This is ___ importance to me." (not at all important): 2 wds. |
| 36% | SAYSYOU | 7 | "That's not what I was told" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | APAL | 4 | "C'mon, be ___!" ("Help me out here!") (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "How Will I Know" singer: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ORSO | 4 | "... ___ I've been told": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ADEAL | 5 | "I thought we had ___!" ("Why did you back out on me?"): 2 wds. |
| 36% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country singer whose latest album, "I Believe In You," is geared toward children: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JELLYROLL | 9 | He performed "I Am Not Okay" at the FireAid benefit concert: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JCCHASEZ | 8 | "It's Gonna Be Me" singer in N Sync whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NSYNC | 5 | "It's Gonna Be Me" boy band: 2 wds. |