| 100% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Fish with sharp teeth, or the title of a Heart song |
| 52% | BARRACUDA | 9 | 1977 Heart song with a sharp-toothed title |
| 52% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | Bunny from Wonderland, or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 49% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Dark-feathered flyer, or the title of a Beatles song |
| 48% | CHURCHBELLS | 11 | Chimes that beckon parishioners on Sunday morning ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROOM | 4 | Chamber, or the title of a 2015 Brie Larson film |
| 45% | TENET | 5 | Guiding belief, or the title of a John David Washington movie |
| 44% | IKO | 3 | When repeated, the title of a classic New Orleans song |
| 44% | RENAMED | 7 | Changed the title of a document or file |
| 43% | ALASKA | 6 | State that's the title of a Maggie Rogers song |
| 42% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 42% | NAH | 3 | Informal refusal that's the title of a 2002 Shania Twain song |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of a song about her |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 42% | FLORIDA | 7 | U.S. state that's the title of a 2024 Taylor Swift song |
| 42% | FAME | 4 | Title of a hit song by Irene Cara or David Bowie |
| 42% | NEMO | 4 | Fish in the title of a 2003 animated movie |
| 41% | GLASSONION | 10 | Hand-blown wine bottle that's also the title of a 1968 Beatles song |
| 41% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 41% | MEXICO | 6 | Country just south of the US ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 41% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 40% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 40% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 40% | SOLE | 4 | Fish, or a part of the foot |
| 40% | EEL | 3 | Fish with the shape of a snake |
| 39% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Predator fish with a long body and tons of teeth |
| 39% | FIFTEENMEN | 10 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" |
| 39% | CHAPTER | 7 | Section of a book often with a number or new title |