| 100% | ACIDROCK | 8 | Heavy metal's psychedelic cousin (2 wds.) |
| 59% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Heavy metal singer and reality TV star who is "catching some Z's": 2 wds. |
| 58% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | Heavy metal band, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | British heavy metal band with the 2013 #1 album "13": 2 wds. |
| 51% | OZZYOSBOURNE | 12 | Heavy metal singer who starred in a 2002-2005 MTV reality show about his family: 2 wds. |
| 51% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Vince Neil, with the hit "Dr. Feelgood": 2 wds. |
| 50% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Bruce Dickinson, with the hit "Flight of Icarus": 2 wds. |
| 49% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | Legendary heavy metal band that is fronted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, whose birthday it is today: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Dee Snider, with the hit "We're Not Gonna Take It": 2 wds. |
| 45% | OFA | 3 | System ___ Down (heavy metal band): 2 wds. |
| 45% | OFGOD | 5 | Lamb ___ (heavy metal band): 2 wds. |
| 42% | CRUE | 4 | Heavy metal's Mötley ___ |
| 42% | CRUE | 4 | Heavy metal's Motley ___ |
| 41% | OSBOURNE | 8 | Heavy metal's "Prince of Darkness" |
| 39% | METALGALAXY | 11 | 2019 album by the Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal that debuted at No. 13 on the "Billboard" 200 chart (2 wds.) |
| 39% | AMPS | 4 | Heavy metal band's sound blasters |
| 39% | LAVALAMPS | 9 | Psychedelic 1960s lights: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DEVILHORNS | 10 | Heavy metal singer's two-finger gesture |
| 38% | ICET | 4 | Founder of heavy metal's Body Count |
| 37% | IDO | 3 | Bachelor's last words: 2 wds |
| 37% | DOIT | 4 | "Just ___": 2 wds. (Nike's slogan) |
| 36% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | "B.Y.O.B" heavy metal band that had two #1 albums in 2005: 4 wds. |
| 36% | GOLDTEETH | 9 | Shiny metal replacements for molars: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ACIDROCK | 8 | Music style suggestive of psychedelics: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ITON | 4 | "Bring ___!": 2 wds. ("Let's do this!") |
| 36% | BEA | 3 | "___ good boy": 2 wds. (parent's instruction) |
| 36% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Flea market cousin (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DRAGRACE | 8 | "RuPaul's ___": 2 wds. |
| 35% | LAYCLAIM | 8 | Assert one's right (to): 2 wds. |
| 35% | COLBERTREPORT | 13 | "The ___" (Stephen's "truthiness" show): 2 wds. |