| 100% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun, in an Aerosmith song |
| 89% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun in an Aerosmith hit |
| 71% | JANIE | 5 | Title girl with a gun in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 54% | ELECTRIC | 8 | Avenue with a current in an Eddy Grant song |
| 47% | LOLA | 4 | Girl in a Manilow song with "a dress cut down to there" |
| 46% | FERN | 4 | Girl with a botanical name, in “Charlotte’s Web” |
| 45% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 44% | OAKEN | 5 | Like a bucket in an old song |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | Canal with a mule, in song |
| 44% | RITA | 4 | Girl in a Beatles song |
| 44% | LASS | 4 | Girl in many a song |
| 43% | JANIE | 5 | Who's "got a gun" in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 43% | EARRING | 7 | "Girl with a Pearl ___," an oil painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer which is housed in the Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| 43% | RAPUNZEL | 8 | Girl with very long hair who lived in a tower |
| 43% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit song |
| 43% | BETH | 4 | Title girl in a 1976 Kiss hit song |
| 43% | SUZIEQ | 6 | Title girl in a Creedence Clearwater Revival song |
| 43% | BROWNEYED | 9 | Like the girl in a Van Morrison song |
| 43% | BETTY | 5 | Titular girl in a 2020 Taylor Swift song |
| 43% | TRA | 3 | With 42-Down, nonsense syllables in a song |
| 43% | NAS | 3 | Rapper with a song in "Rush Hour 3" |
| 43% | HALLS | 5 | Areas decked with holly in a holiday song |
| 43% | ENCLOSING | 9 | Including, placing in an envelope with a letter |
| 43% | RHONDA | 6 | Girl in a Beach Boys song |
| 43% | NOVEMBERRAIN | 12 | 1992 Guns N' Roses song with a weather word in the title (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 43% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 43% | ENDER | 5 | One with a "Game" in an Orson Scott Card novel |
| 42% | SURELY | 6 | Word confused with a name, in an “Airplane!” gag |
| 42% | NERD | 4 | One with a pocket protector, in an old stereotype |