| 100% | OTIS | 4 | ___ Day and the Knights (band in “Animal House”) |
| 100% | OTIS | 4 | ___ Day and the Knights, band that performs "Shout" in "Animal House" |
| 80% | OTIS | 4 | ___ Day & the Knights (band in "Animal House") |
| 76% | OTIS | 4 | ___ Day and the Knights ("Animal House" group) |
| 55% | OTISDAY | 7 | Front man of the Knights in "Animal House" |
| 53% | TALKING | 7 | ___ Heads, "Burning Down the House" rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 |
| 52% | FLORENCE | 8 | __ and the Machine, Dog Days band |
| 52% | SLOTH | 5 | *Slow animal found hanging upside down in the Amazon... and which sleeps for up to 18 hours each day |
| 51% | PET | 3 | Animal in the house |
| 51% | PETS | 4 | Animals in the house |
| 50% | GREEN | 5 | *___ Day, band with hits like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 |
| 49% | FLOOD | 5 | Event lasting 40 days and nights in the Bible |
| 49% | PREY | 4 | Animal caught and eaten in the wild |
| 49% | SCRUNCHIES | 10 | Bands popular in the eighties and nineties |
| 49% | ABBA | 4 | The first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically |
| 49% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 48% | EPICPOEMS | 9 | "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" and "Omeros" |
| 48% | GROSSNATIONALCONDUCT | 20 | Nose-picking and belching in the White House? |
| 48% | SEATS | 5 | Spots in the House and Senate |
| 48% | ZZTOP | 5 | Last band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically |
| 48% | ABBA | 4 | Alphabetically first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 48% | PIG | 3 | Animal between dog and rat in the Chinese zodiac |
| 48% | ORLEANS | 7 | The Animals lyric: There is a house in New __ |
| 47% | GAY | 3 | Light-hearted and happy, in the olden days |
| 46% | CASTE | 5 | Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g. |
| 46% | LOTT | 4 | Former minority whip in both the House and Senate |
| 46% | PREYEDON | 8 | Hunted and ate, in the animal kingdom: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SEP | 3 | Labor Day month, in the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 46% | RUSH | 4 | Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| 46% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | "The Remains of the Day" author, knighted in 2018: 2 wds. |