| 100% | TIN | 3 | Hitting with can |
| 87% | TIN | 3 | Hitting with a can |
| 74% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" |
| 74% | SOS | 3 | 6-Down hit with the lyric "Nothing else can save me" |
| 73% | IAMWOMAN | 8 | 1972 hit with the lyric "You can bend but never break me" |
| 73% | GIVEMEONEREASON | 15 | Tracy Chapman hit with the lyric “This youthful heart can love you” |
| 68% | SOS | 3 | ABBA hit with the lyric “The love you gave me, nothing else can save me” |
| 68% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit with the line "I had a feeling I could be someone" (1988) |
| 68% | BLACK | 5 | With 62-Across, game in which players can hit or stand |
| 68% | YMCA | 4 | 1978 hit with the lyric "You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal" |
| 67% | ENDOFTHEROAD | 12 | Boyz II Men 1992 hit with the line "Still I can't let go": 4 wds. |
| 66% | TRAGEDY | 7 | 1979 #1 hit with the lyrics "When the feeling's gone and you can't go on" |
| 66% | SAMELOVE | 8 | 2013 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis hit with the lyric "And I can't change, even if I tried" |
| 65% | ARIANA | 6 | ___ Grande, singer with the hit "Imagine" who can hit whistle notes |
| 65% | CAREY | 5 | Mariah ___, singer with the hit "Emotions" who can hit whistle notes |
| 64% | IMAMAN | 6 | 1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" |
| 64% | CLOSINGTIME | 11 | Semisonic hit with the lyrics "You don't have to go home / But you can't stay here" |
| 64% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | 2023 Olivia Rodrigo hit with the lyric "I know I should stop, but I can't": 3 wds. |
| 64% | ELLIMAN | 7 | Yvonne with the 1978 #1 hit "If I Can't Have You" |
| 63% | HOTELCALIFORNIA | 15 | 1977 Eagles hit with the lyric “You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave” |
| 63% | BJTHOMAS | 8 | Singer with the 1966 hit "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" |
| 63% | JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 14 | 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 63% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | Lil Nas X No. 1 hit with the lyric “I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more” |
| 62% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Bruce Springsteen hit song with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" (3 wds.) |
| 62% | BROWN | 5 | Georgia ___, singer with the hit "Save My Soul" who can hit whistle notes |
| 62% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 61% | TIN | 3 | Hitting with container |
| 61% | TIN | 3 | Hitting with metal |
| 60% | PELT | 4 | Hit with snowballs |
| 60% | SOCKED | 6 | Hit with force |