| 100% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from chatspeak |
| 86% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from a texting abbreviation |
| 46% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher |
| 45% | CHI | 3 | "The ___" (Showtime drama whose title comes from the nickname for an Illinois city) |
| 44% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher and will.i.am |
| 43% | MONK | 4 | Title whose name comes from the Greek for "alone" |
| 43% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher that is also a texter's "Wow!" |
| 43% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 41% | ABBOT | 5 | Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" |
| 40% | THESUNALSORISES | 15 | Novel whose title comes from Ecclesiastes |
| 39% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest" |
| 39% | THINGSFALLAPART | 15 | Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem |
| 38% | GENIEINABOTTLE | 14 | 1999 No. 1 hit for Christina Aguilera from her self-titled album (4 wds.) |
| 38% | STRAITISTHEGATE | 15 | André Gide novel whose title comes from Matthew 7:14 |
| 38% | CLOUDCUCKOOLAND | 15 | Anthony Doerr novel whose title comes from an Aristophanes play |
| 38% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | *Lorraine Hansberry play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem |
| 37% | THEFIRENEXTTIME | 15 | James Baldwin book whose title comes from "Mary Don't You Weep" |
| 37% | PEACHES | 7 | 2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia |
| 36% | AINTIAWOMAN | 11 | Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth |
| 36% | FUNKYTOWN | 9 | 1980 #1 hit for Lipps Inc., whose singer asks "Won't you take me to" the title place |
| 35% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 #1 hit for Usher |
| 35% | FIREWORK | 8 | 2010 #1 hit for Katy Perry |
| 34% | WHERE | 5 | "___ That Came From" (2024 country hit for Randy Travis) |
| 34% | ARGON | 5 | Element whose name comes from Greek for "inactive" |
| 34% | ORANG | 5 | Ape whose name comes from Malay for "man" |
| 34% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | 2010 #1 hit for Katy Perry: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name comes from the Latin for 'red' |
| 33% | TIMOR | 5 | Island whose name comes from the Malay for "east" |
| 33% | CELESTA | 7 | Instrument whose name comes from the Latin for "heavenly" |
| 33% | IRIS | 4 | Flower whose name comes from the Greek for "rainbow" |