| 100% | EASY | 4 | 1977 Commodores hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Willie Nelson for 2012's "Tuskegee" |
| 68% | SAILON | 6 | 1979 Commodores hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Tim McGraw for 2012's "Tuskegee": 2 wds. |
| 60% | SAYYOUSAYME | 11 | 1985 hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Jason Aldean for 2012's "Tuskegee": 4 wds. |
| 60% | ENDLESSLOVE | 11 | 1981 hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Shania Twain for 2012's "Tuskegee": 2 wds. |
| 60% | YOUARE | 6 | 1983 hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Blake Shelton for 2012's "Tuskegee": 2 wds. |
| 58% | LADY | 4 | 1980 Kenny Rogers hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Kenny Rogers for 2012's "Tuskegee" |
| 33% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | Singer who duetted with Willie Nelson on the 2003 #1 country hit "Beer for My Horses": 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDOL | 4 | Lionel Richie's show, for short |
| 26% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Telephone Line," for short |
| 25% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Turn to Stone," for short |
| 25% | HELLO | 5 | Lionel Richie's classic song with a pottery video |
| 24% | EASY | 4 | 1977 Commodores hit about a breakup |
| 24% | YOUARE | 6 | #4 hit for Lionel Richie in 1983: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TRULY | 5 | Lionel Richie hit |
| 24% | YOU | 3 | With 10-Down, 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 24% | YOU | 3 | With 115-Down, 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 24% | NIGHTLONG | 9 | Lionel Richie hit All __ |
| 24% | ARE | 3 | Lionel Richie hit, "You ___" |
| 23% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | Singer (with Willie Nelson) of the 2003 song "Beer for My Horses": 2 wds. |
| 23% | HELLO | 5 | Lionel Richie hit single of 1984 |
| 23% | THREETIMESALADY | 15 | Commodores hit with a multiplicative title |
| 23% | YOUARE | 6 | 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 23% | SELA | 4 | 1987 Lionel Richie hit |
| 23% | ALWAYSONMYMIND | 14 | 1982 Willie Nelson hit |
| 22% | YOU | 3 | With 32-Across, a 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 22% | ARE | 3 | "You___" (1983 Lionel Richie hit) |
| 22% | ANNIE | 5 | Hit 1977 musical with the song "It's the Hard-Knock Life" |
| 22% | HELLO | 5 | Hit for Adele in 2015 and Lionel Richie in 1984 |
| 22% | SHES | 4 | "___ a brick house" (first line of a 1977 Commodores hit) |
| 22% | IFEELLOVE | 9 | 1977 Donna Summer hit with the refrain "It's so good": 3 wds. |