| 100% | IROCK | 5 | Boast formed by removing the middle two words of a popular Paul Simon song title |
| 37% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 35% | LYRICAL | 7 | Of the words of a popular song |
| 33% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 33% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 32% | ARESO | 5 | Middle two title words of a Joe Cocker hit |
| 32% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 31% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed by the first letters of a series of words |
| 30% | WATER | 5 | "___ Under the Bridge," popular song by Adele, with an ocean-related word in the title |
| 30% | VENOM | 5 | "Inject the ___," 1981 song by AC/DC that spells out a word in the title |
| 29% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | A popular song that was covered by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink for the soundtrack of "Moulin Rouge!": 2 wds. |
| 29% | SYNE | 4 | Last word of a holiday song title |
| 29% | WONDERFUL | 9 | "It's the Most ___ Time of the Year," a hugely popular Christmas song by Andy Williams |
| 29% | LYRICS | 6 | The words of a song |
| 29% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 29% | BITSY | 5 | Second word of a Brian Hyland song title |
| 29% | LIES | 4 | "Love ___," hit song by Khalid and Normani which is a part of the soundtrack for "Love, Simon" |
| 29% | TOMS | 4 | Middle word of a Stowe title |
| 28% | TAKES | 5 | "It ___ Two," 1995 comedy movie starring the Olsen twins whose title is taken from a song by Marvin Gaye |
| 28% | SYNE | 4 | Last word of a New Year’s song title |
| 28% | ANDTONIC | 8 | Gin __, the latter two words of a G&T |
| 28% | ISEE | 4 | First two words of the song "Bad Moon Rising" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LONELYBOY | 9 | Hit song by Paul Anka which was also used as the title of the documentary made on him: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IRAE | 4 | Title word of a song from Mozart's "Requiem" |
| 28% | TEA | 3 | A popular beverage made by the likes of Tetley |
| 28% | MAXIM | 5 | Words to live by, also the name of a popular men's magazine |
| 28% | HAPPY | 5 | 2011 song by Pharrell Williams whose title is also a word for being joyful and describes the emotion behind a smile |
| 28% | ANAGRAM | 7 | Word formed by rearranging the letters of another |
| 27% | SHES | 4 | Song title word before "Like the Wind" or "Got a Way" |
| 27% | TEA | 3 | A popular, non-alcoholic brew made by the likes of Tetley |