| 100% | SAX | 3 | Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 56% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 54% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a notable solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 54% | THUNDER | 7 | __ Road, Bruce Springsteen song on Born to Run |
| 50% | BORN | 4 | "___ to Run" (Bruce Springsteen song that closed out Jon Stewart's tenure on "The Daily Show") |
| 47% | BRUCE | 5 | "Born to Run" singer Springsteen |
| 46% | BORN | 4 | "___ to Run," song by Bruce Springsteen about driving on U.S. Route 9 and hope of starting anew with a girl |
| 46% | SAXSOLO | 7 | Notable instrumental feature of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” or Sade’s “Smooth Operator” |
| 45% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument featured on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” |
| 44% | YELLOW | 6 | Born to run? |
| 43% | EMPTY | 5 | It's dangerous to run on |
| 42% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument featured on "Paint It Black" |
| 41% | HARMONIUM | 9 | Instrument featured on "New York" from Blind Pilot |
| 41% | MODELTRAIN | 10 | It’s built to run on very small tracks |
| 40% | HARP | 4 | Stringed instrument featured on Irish euro coins |
| 40% | GNU | 3 | Animal that can learn to run just minutes after it's born |
| 40% | KIMBRA | 6 | Singer featured on Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Featured instrument on Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" |
| 39% | CELLO | 5 | Instrument featured prominently on "Eleanor Rigby" |
| 39% | BORN | 4 | "___ to Run" (Bruce Springsteen hit) |
| 39% | BORN | 4 | "___ to Run" (classic Springsteen song) |
| 38% | BORN | 4 | Bruce Springsteen's "___ to Run" |
| 38% | EMPTY | 5 | Dangerous thing to run on |
| 38% | TROT | 4 | Start to run on track |
| 38% | EMPTY | 5 | Dangerous thing to run on? |
| 38% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | Rapper featured on Ariana Grande's 2016 top 10 song "Side to Side": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SAX | 3 | Instrument to wail on |
| 37% | SCAR | 4 | Feature on Al Capone that led to his nickname |
| 37% | SPIT | 4 | ___ valve (drainage feature on a brass instrument) |
| 37% | AGROUND | 7 | To run a ship onto the beach or on land |