| 100% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from a texting abbreviation |
| 72% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from chatspeak |
| 43% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher that is also a texter's "Wow!" |
| 41% | THINGSFALLAPART | 15 | Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem |
| 40% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | *Lorraine Hansberry play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem |
| 39% | OMG | 3 | 2010 Usher hit that's also a text abbreviation |
| 39% | AINTIAWOMAN | 11 | Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth |
| 38% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher |
| 38% | OMG | 3 | 2010 Usher hit song that's also a text abbreviation |
| 38% | CHI | 3 | "The ___" (Showtime drama whose title comes from the nickname for an Illinois city) |
| 37% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher and will.i.am |
| 36% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 35-Across, National Book Award-winning autobiography by 45-Across whose title comes from a Richard Wright poem (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ARCTIC | 6 | Ocean whose name comes from a Greek word for bear |
| 36% | MONK | 4 | Title whose name comes from the Greek for "alone" |
| 35% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 34% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 34% | ABBOT | 5 | Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" |
| 33% | THESUNALSORISES | 15 | Novel whose title comes from Ecclesiastes |
| 33% | TEAMO | 5 | 2010 hit whose title might be found on a Spanish valentine |
| 33% | STAN | 4 | Eminem hit whose title became a neologism for "fan" |
| 33% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe brand whose name comes from an acronym for a Latin phrase |
| 33% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest" |
| 32% | GENIEINABOTTLE | 14 | 1999 No. 1 hit for Christina Aguilera from her self-titled album (4 wds.) |
| 32% | STRAITISTHEGATE | 15 | André Gide novel whose title comes from Matthew 7:14 |
| 32% | CLOUDCUCKOOLAND | 15 | Anthony Doerr novel whose title comes from an Aristophanes play |
| 32% | FIREWORK | 8 | 2010 #1 Katy Perry hit nominated for a 2012 Grammy |
| 31% | THEFIRENEXTTIME | 15 | James Baldwin book whose title comes from "Mary Don't You Weep" |
| 31% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | 2010 #1 Katy Perry hit nominated for a 2011 Grammy: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OUTFLOW | 7 | Water coming from a treatment plant, for example |
| 30% | PEACHES | 7 | 2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia |