| 100% | KERI | 4 | Hilson featured on Timbaland's hit "The Way I Are" |
| 51% | ARE | 3 | The Way I ___ (2007 Timbaland hit) |
| 47% | KERI | 4 | "The Way I Are" guest vocalist Hilson |
| 46% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ARE | 3 | "The Way I ___" (2007 Timbaland hit) |
| 43% | MADONNA | 7 | 2012's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" was her 38th top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart |
| 42% | LAURYNHILL | 10 | Fugees member featured on the Mary J. Blige hit single "All That I Can Say" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CLOSER | 6 | Hit song by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 41% | HOLY | 4 | "What if the way you hold me is actually what's ___?" |
| 40% | SUNFLOWER | 9 | Hit song by Post Malone featuring Swae Lee which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 40% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Hit song by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 40% | CHARLIXCX | 9 | Singer featured on the chorus of the 2012 hit "I Love It" |
| 40% | IMMOBILE | 8 | I am on the phone, still |
| 39% | WHEN | 4 | "___ I Look at You," hit song by Miley Cyrus that was featured in the 2010 film "The Last Song" |
| 39% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 39% | WORDING | 7 | The way something is expressed on paper |
| 39% | YEBBA | 5 | One-named singer featured on Ed Sheeran's hit single "Best Part of Me" |
| 39% | SHUTITDOWN | 10 | Hit single by Pitbull, featuring Akon, the music video for which is based on intelligence agents and criminal activities : 3 wds. |
| 39% | DANCE | 5 | "One ___," hit song by Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla which is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify |
| 39% | CHALK | 5 | I am a teacher's best friend. I help them write on the blackboard. Who am I? |
| 39% | NICKI | 5 | With 32-Across, "Anaconda" rapper featured on Post Malone's 2018 hit "Ball for Me" |
| 38% | NATE | 4 | Hip-hop's ___ Dogg, featured on the 1994 hit "Regulate" |
| 38% | BORN | 4 | "___ This Way" (Lady Gaga hit that was the 1,000th song to reach #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart) |
| 38% | SIA | 3 | Australian singer featured on the hit "Titanium" |
| 38% | SMITTEN | 7 | On the way to being in love |
| 38% | IGGYAZALEA | 10 | "Fancy" singer featured on "Problem" who in 2014 became the second ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with her first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EMINEM | 6 | "The Way I Am" autobiographer, 2008 |
| 38% | INGRID | 6 | "The Way I Am" singer ___ Michaelson |
| 38% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | BORN | 4 | "___ This Way" (Lady Gaga hit that was the 1,000th song to reach No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart) |