| 100% | LITTLE | 6 | __ Boy, codename for the bomb that hit Hiroshima |
| 46% | NSYNC | 5 | 1995 American boy band that was popular in the 2000s, known for their hit "Bye Bye Bye" |
| 44% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 44% | FUNFUNFUN | 9 | Hit for the Beach Boys |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | The Boys __ Back in Town, hit for Thin Lizzy |
| 41% | HEAR | 4 | "Let's ___ It for the Boy" (#1 hit song for Deniece Williams) |
| 40% | HANSON | 6 | American boy band of three brothers that was popular in the 2000s, known for their hit "MMMBop" |
| 40% | GOODVIBRATIONS | 14 | #1 hit for the Beach Boys |
| 40% | KOKOMO | 6 | 1988 hit for the Beach Boys |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Boy's name that's also the nickname for a Yale student |
| 39% | IWANTIT | 7 | "___ That Way," a hit song by the Backstreet Boys: 3 wds. |
| 39% | NSYNC | 5 | Former boy band that had the hit "Bye, Bye, Bye" |
| 39% | MTA | 3 | Kingston Trio hit that inspired the CharlieCard for Boston commuters |
| 39% | ENOLAGAY | 8 | Plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 |
| 39% | BEACH | 5 | The ___ Boys, 1961 American rock band known for their hit "God Only Knows" |
| 39% | ISECOND | 7 | "___ That Emotion" (1967 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 39% | ELO | 3 | Band that had the 1981 hit "Hold On Tight," for short |
| 39% | HELLO | 5 | Greeting that's the title of a 2015 hit for Adele |
| 39% | BEATIT | 6 | 1983 hit that won a Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 38% | KOKOMO | 6 | 1988 comeback hit for the Beach Boys |
| 38% | NEPTUNE | 7 | Codename for the Normandy Landings |
| 38% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit that won Grammys for Song and Record of the Year |
| 38% | MRBOJANGLES | 11 | 1971 hit with the lyric "He danced for those at minstrel shows" |
| 38% | BEACH | 5 | The ___ Boys, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Kokomo" |
| 37% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 37% | ROSANNA | 7 | Toto hit song that won the 1982 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 37% | BARBARAANN | 10 | 1965 Beach Boys hit that was first recorded by the Regents: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SAFARI | 6 | "Surfin' ___" (hit for the Beach Boys) |
| 37% | ARUBA | 5 | Caribbean island that's the first word of the 1988 Beach Boys hit "Kokomo" |