| 100% | DINGALING | 9 | Airhead, or word in Chuck Berry's 1972 hit song: Hyph. |
| 35% | ONYOU | 5 | Words after "Stuck" or "High" in hit song titles |
| 32% | SAD | 3 | Word before "Eyes" or "Songs" in song titles |
| 32% | THESE | 5 | Word before "Days," "Dreams," or "Eyes" in hit song titles |
| 31% | VIVA | 4 | Word before "Las Vegas" or "la Vida" in song titles |
| 31% | ALL | 3 | Word preceding "Night Long" or "Along the Watchtower," in song |
| 31% | MOSDEF | 6 | Chuck Berry's portrayer in 2008's "Cadillac Records" |
| 30% | AVENUE | 6 | Word after "Ocean" or "Electric," in song titles |
| 30% | HEY | 3 | Word before "Jude" or "Ya!" in song titles |
| 30% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's song |
| 30% | ONLY | 4 | Title word before "You," "U" or "Yesterday" in hit songs |
| 30% | KOD | 3 | 2018 J. Cole song, or a word meaning "defeated in boxing" |
| 30% | BAD | 3 | Word before "Habit," "Romance," or "Guy" in song titles |
| 30% | AULD | 4 | Word in a traditional New Year's Eve song |
| 29% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | "Edge of ___," hit song by Stevie Nicks or the age referenced in "Dancing Queen" by Abba |
| 29% | DAYO | 4 | Repeated word in "The Banana Boat Song" (Hyph.) |
| 29% | OLE | 3 | Cheer word in the song "Hernando's Hideaway" |
| 29% | NOBLER | 6 | Word in Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy |
| 28% | NADINE | 6 | Title girl in a Chuck Berry hit |
| 28% | GARBLE | 6 | Confuse, as the words in a song's lyrics |
| 28% | LYRIC | 5 | Word in song |
| 28% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's Eve song |
| 28% | CALLME | 6 | Blondie's hit song released in 1980 |
| 28% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 28% | SMASH | 5 | Hit song or movie |
| 28% | LYRIC | 5 | Words in a song? |
| 28% | SNOW | 4 | Word in Christmas songs |
| 28% | AMEN | 4 | Repeated word in Hozier's 2014 hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 28% | NUMB | 4 | 2003 hit song by Linkin Park ... or the feeling of no pain after dipping your toes in ice-cold water |
| 28% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 1972 hit song inspired by a Ray Bradbury story |