| 100% | ROCKBANDS | 9 | Music groups like the Who and Led Zeppelin: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DIRESTRAITS | 11 | Music group with siblings as members with hit songs like "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing": 2 wds. |
| 43% | THECARPENTERS | 13 | Music group with siblings as members with hit songs like "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun": 2 wds. |
| 43% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Like the verbs "ran" and "swam": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ZOOEYDESCHANEL | 14 | "New Girl" actress and lead singer of the band She & Him: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, with the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JAREDLETO | 9 | "House of Gucci" actor and lead singer of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PUNKROCK | 8 | Music genre for Green Day and the Ramones: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KINGSOFLEON | 11 | Music group with siblings as members with hit songs like "The Bucket" and "Use Somebody": 3 wds. |
| 38% | PEANUTGALLERY | 13 | Group of kids who were the live audience for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TRIO | 4 | Music group like Haim or the Chicks |
| 37% | TRIO | 4 | Music group like Haim or the Police |
| 37% | DAVEGROHL | 9 | American musician who was the drummer for Nirvana and lead vocalist of Foo Fighters: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DONHENLEY | 9 | Drummer who sang lead vocals on many hits for the Eagles: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ENVOGUE | 7 | Girl group with the 1990s hits "Hold On" and "Free Your Mind": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EVEN | 4 | Like the numbers 2 and 22 |
| 36% | EVEN | 4 | Like the numbers 2 and 12 |
| 36% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | "Between the World and Me" author who won a "genius grant" in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ARMYBAND | 8 | Military music makers who often perform "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Civil rights leader who helped lead the Selma marches: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EVEN | 4 | Like the numbers 2, 4, and 6 |
| 35% | EVEN | 4 | Like the numbers 2, 10, and 22 |
| 35% | EVEN | 4 | Like the numbers 2, 4 and 6 |
| 35% | PRIME | 5 | Like the numbers 2, 3, and 5 |
| 35% | ARABIC | 6 | Like the numerals 1, 2 and 3 |
| 35% | THEBEATLES | 10 | English rock band formed in 1960 and led by John Lennon, who gave us hits like "Hey Jude" and "Yellow Submarine": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JAZZBANDS | 9 | Groups led by Count Basie and Miles Davis: 2 wds. |