| 100% | MEINHERR | 8 | “Cabaret” tune with the lyric “A tiger is a tiger, not a lamb” |
| 50% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 49% | BORNTHISWAY | 11 | Lady Gaga hit with the lyric "Don't be a drag, just be a queen" |
| 49% | BALIHAI | 7 | Show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island" |
| 48% | BALIHAI | 7 | 1949 show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island!" |
| 48% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 47% | SPLISHSPLASH | 12 | 1958 Bobby Darin hit with the lyrics "I was taking a bath": 2 wds. |
| 47% | AMEN | 4 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Say a prayer for what has been” |
| 47% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | Madonna hit that starts with the lyric "Life is a mystery" |
| 46% | TRUCKIN | 7 | Grateful Dead song with the lyric “What a long, strange trip it’s been” |
| 46% | TAKEABOW | 8 | Rihanna song with the lyrics "That was quite a show / Very entertaining / But it's over now" |
| 46% | IMJUSTKEN | 9 | Best Original Song Oscar nominee with the lyric "Anywhere else, I'd be a ten" |
| 45% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 44% | REBELREBEL | 10 | David Bowie hit with the lyric "You've torn your dress, your face is a mess" |
| 44% | ALLINEED | 8 | Radiohead song with the lyric "I am a moth who just wants to share your light" |
| 43% | IRONIC | 6 | 1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" |
| 43% | PAPA | 4 | "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" (funk hit with the lyric "All he left us was alone") |
| 43% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire" |
| 42% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 42% | ENDGAME | 7 | Taylor Swift song featuring Ed Sheeran and Future with the lyrics "I wanna be your first string / I wanna be your A-Team" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Tonight's gonna be a good, good night" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 41% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 41% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | 42-Across Top 10 song with the lyric "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THATSAMORE | 10 | Dean Martin love song with the lyrics "Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay / Like a gay tarantella" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | AMELIA | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyrics "A ghost of aviation / She was swallowed by the sky" |
| 41% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "Down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | ROADTRIPPIN | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I been thinkin, yeah / It's been a while since we got out of town" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GRAY | 4 | *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |