| 100% | NASTY | 5 | Janet Jackson song where she claims that her middle name is Privacy and her last name is Control |
| 31% | FEEDBACK | 8 | 2007 song by Janet Jackson that was released as the lead single from her tenth album, "Discipline" |
| 27% | IRE | 3 | Country where the last names Murphy and O'Brien are common: Abbr. |
| 27% | NAIAD | 5 | Word that's aptly an anagram of Diana Nyad's first name and a homophone of her last name |
| 26% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 26% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds. |
| 26% | NEONLIGHTS | 10 | 2013 Demi Lovato song that was also the name of one of her 2014 tours: 2 wds. |
| 26% | VINCENT | 7 | 1971 song by Don McLean that is named after and a tribute to Dutch artist Van Gogh |
| 25% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 25% | LISE | 4 | ___ Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist who is known for her work on nuclear fission and has an element named after her |
| 25% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 24% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Hell's ___," 2023 jukebox musical that is inspired by Alicia Keys' life and that features her songs |
| 24% | ILED | 4 | "Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me Kate" song) |
| 24% | ESCAPADE | 8 | Reckless adventure which is also a Janet Jackson song |
| 24% | MESSKIT | 7 | Collection that, despite its name, is orderly and compact |
| 24% | STAND | 5 | "Achilles Last ___," Led Zeppelin song that is over 10 minutes and is one of the bands longest recordings |
| 24% | WHIPPINGPOST | 12 | 1969 song written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "I've been run down and I've been lied to" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ONO | 3 | John Lennon took her last name as his middle name |
| 24% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 23% | DAY | 3 | Well-known singer and actor whose last name was really Kappelhoff |
| 23% | REGINAKING | 10 | Acting royalty whose first and last names are both royalty-related |
| 23% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | 2008 musical starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan that was named after a chart-topping song by ABBA: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ENGEL | 5 | Last name that's German for a celestial being |
| 23% | ADLER | 5 | Last name of Grace in Will and Grace sitcom |
| 23% | BYERS | 5 | Will and Jonathan's last name on Stranger Things |
| 23% | REM | 3 | Band whose original members' last names were Stipe, Berry, Buck, and Mills |
| 23% | KWANZAA | 7 | Holiday that derives its name from Swahili and is celebrated in December |
| 23% | APRAYER | 7 | "Like ___," a song by Madonna which shares its name with her Album and was a critical and commercial success: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | 1989 pop rock song by Madonna that is a part of her fourth studio album of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 23% | BYERS | 5 | Will, Jonathan and Joyce's last name on "Stranger Things" |