| 100% | CATCHY | 6 | Like the hook of a good pop song |
| 57% | SHARP | 5 | Like the edge of a good knife |
| 54% | MINOR | 5 | Like the key of many a sombre song |
| 51% | JOHNMAYER | 9 | Singer of the 2006 pop song "Gravity," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Singer of the 2015 pop song "Earned It," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Singer of the 1973 pop song "The Piano Man," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SPROUT | 6 | Pop out of the ground like a plant |
| 49% | SPROUTING | 9 | Popping out of the ground, like a plant |
| 48% | PAULSIMON | 9 | Singer of the 1976 pop song "Still Crazy After All These Years," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BRICUSSE | 8 | Leslie —, winner of a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle |
| 46% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of games in a "best of" series |
| 45% | CALM | 4 | Like the eye of a storm |
| 45% | ELECTORAL | 9 | Like the votes of a college |
| 45% | RESONANT | 8 | Like the sound of a gong |
| 45% | CALM | 4 | Like the eye of a hurricane |
| 45% | CONCAVE | 7 | Like the inside of a sphere |
| 45% | 5FOLD | 5 | Like the symmetry of a starfish |
| 45% | RADIAL | 6 | Like the arms of a starfish |
| 45% | UNLIT | 5 | Like the inside of a coffin |
| 45% | SOUR | 4 | Like the taste of a lemon |
| 45% | ASHY | 4 | Like the bottom of a fireplace |
| 45% | FOAMY | 5 | Like the top of a cappuccino |
| 45% | STEEP | 5 | Like the face of a cliff |
| 45% | SHRILL | 6 | Like the sound of a siren |
| 45% | SHRILL | 6 | Like the sound of a teakettle |
| 45% | YEASTY | 6 | Like the smell of a brewery |
| 45% | SOOTY | 5 | Like the inside of a chimney |
| 45% | SLOW | 4 | Like the pace of a glacier |
| 45% | THORNY | 6 | Like the stem of a rose |
| 45% | SILTY | 5 | Like the bottom of a river |