| 100% | STANDBYME | 9 | 1961 Ben E. King's hit song |
| 64% | SPANISHHARLEM | 13 | Ben E. King's first Top 10 hit |
| 58% | STANDBYME | 9 | Ben E. King, 1961 (+25) |
| 56% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me," Ben E. King song |
| 52% | SPANISH | 7 | "Harlem" Ben E. King's ___ |
| 49% | BYME | 4 | "Stand ___" (1961 hit by Ben E. King): 2 wds. |
| 49% | BYME | 4 | 1960 Ben E.King hit single, "Stand ___" |
| 48% | ATCO | 4 | Record label for Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” |
| 47% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me," 1986 adventure film starring Wil Wheaton, that took its title from a Ben E. King song |
| 47% | STAND | 5 | With 35-Across, 1961 solo hit by Ben E. King featured in a 1986 movie |
| 42% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me," timeless classic by Ben E. King |
| 41% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me" (Ben E. King song performed by the Kingdom Choir at the 2018 Royal Wedding) |
| 40% | TIL | 3 | 1961 hit song for the Angels |
| 39% | THEDRIFTERS | 11 | Group that Ben E. King sang with before going solo: 2 wds. |
| 38% | USE | 3 | "___ Somebody," number-one hit song by rock group Kings of Leon |
| 37% | TOK | 3 | Kesha's hit song "TiK ___" |
| 37% | TIK | 3 | Kesha's hit song, "___ Tok" |
| 37% | TIK | 3 | Kesha's hit song "___ Tok" |
| 37% | TIK | 3 | "___ Tok," Kisha's hit song |
| 37% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King #1 hit song) |
| 37% | MMMBOP | 6 | Hanson's hit song from 1997 |
| 36% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King hit song) |
| 36% | SHACK | 5 | The B-52's hit song "Love ___" |
| 36% | CALLME | 6 | Blondie's hit song released in 1980 |
| 36% | THOUSAND | 8 | Vanessa Carlton's hit song, A __ Miles |
| 36% | DOWAGER | 7 | King's widow, e.g. |
| 36% | OPENING | 7 | King's Gambit, e.g. |
| 35% | BREATH | 6 | The Police's hit song Every __ You Take |
| 35% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Hit song by Destiny's Child; perseverant person |