| 100% | AMERICANPIE | 11 | 1971 "country" song by Don McLean about "the day the music died": 2 wds. |
| 79% | AMERICAN | 8 | "___ Pie," 1971 song by Don McLean about "the day the music died" |
| 46% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music legend whose 73rd solo studio album is "I Don't Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of 17-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DAUGHTERSEYES | 13 | "In My ___," a hit song by country music singer Martina McBride about learning lessons from her daughter: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 41% | YOUNEED | 7 | "All ___ is Love," 1967 song by The Beatles about peace and love: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GONNACOME | 9 | "A Change is ___," 1964 song by Sam Cooke about peace and the Civil Rights Movement: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AMERICANPIE | 11 | "The day the music died" song |
| 39% | STARTINGTODAY | 13 | Song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia from the album "Counting Down the Days": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LETSSTART | 9 | "___ the New Year Right," a song about New Year's by Bing Crosby: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GONNAMAKE | 9 | "___ It Through This Year," a song about New Year's by the Great Lake Swimmers: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GOODAS | 6 | "___ Hell," song by Lizzo which was nominated for the 2020 Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WITHLUV | 7 | "Boy ___," song by BTS featuring Halsey which was the most viewed music video in 24 hours in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SPANISHFLEA | 11 | 1966 "country" song by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass that's instrumental: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ONI | 3 | "Don't Blame It ___," song by The Congos: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ITOUT | 5 | "We Can Work ___," 1965 song by The Beatles which was covered by Stevie Wonder in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SWEETSYMPHONY | 13 | "Bitter ___", 1997 song by British rock band The Verve, which is also used by the Seattle Seahawks as their entrance music: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NORWEGIANWOOD | 13 | 1965 "country" song by the Beatles that features a sitar: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ILIKE | 5 | "What ___ About You" (hit song by the Romantics) (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THELIFE | 7 | "A Day in ___," hit song by Lennon-McCartney which was initially banned from broadcast by the BBC: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SOCIALNETWORK | 13 | With "The," 2010 film about the early days of Facebook with a screenplay written by Aaron Sorkin : 2 wds. |
| 36% | VANGOGH | 7 | Dutch painter who's the subject of the Don McLean song "Vincent" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TRAIN | 5 | "Peace ___," 1971 song by Cat Stevens about peace and the Vietnam War |
| 36% | MISTYMOUNTAIN | 13 | "___ Hop" 1971 song by the rock band Led Zeppelin that which was a part of their untitled fourth album: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SPACECOWBOY | 11 | Song by 34-Across that won the 2019 Grammy for Best Country Song (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BANGLADESH | 10 | 1971 charity single by George Harrison that was written to raise awareness for millions of refugees from the country in the title: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PIE | 3 | "American ___" (1971 hit song by Don McLean) |
| 35% | TIM | 3 | "___ McGraw," 2006 song by Taylor Swift about the "Live Like You Were Dying" singer |
| 35% | WONTBACKDOWN | 12 | "I ___," 1989 song by Tom Petty from the album "Full Moon Fever": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ABETTERMAN | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across that won the 1989 Single of the Year Academy of Country Music Award (3 wds.) |