| 100% | FERMATA | 7 | Musical symbol used to prolong a note |
| 54% | BAR | 3 | Musical symbol shaped like a vertical line that is used to indicate sections in music |
| 48% | SLUR | 4 | Symbol of a curved line in Western musical notation indicating that two or more notes are to be played without separation |
| 45% | MUTE | 4 | Device used to muffle the sound of a musical instrument |
| 45% | DOT | 3 | Symbol that increases a musical note's duration |
| 43% | BREVES | 6 | Long musical notes equivalent to a double note |
| 43% | FLAT | 4 | Musical symbol that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone |
| 43% | NOTCH | 5 | A symbol used to tally something, such as a cut on a gunfighter's barrel |
| 42% | TUNER | 5 | Device that Elton John might use to adjust the musical pitch of a piano |
| 41% | NUMERALS | 8 | Symbols used to represent numbers |
| 40% | PERFECTPITCH | 12 | Ability to identify a musical note just by hearing it |
| 40% | FLAG | 4 | Nation's "waving" symbol ... and a word used with 23a to signify 50a |
| 40% | HASHTAG | 7 | Symbol used to highlight words on Instagram |
| 40% | HASHTAG | 7 | Symbol used to find topics on Twitter |
| 39% | ACORN | 5 | Symbol used to mark England's National Trails |
| 39% | HBAR | 4 | Symbol used to represent the reduced Planck constant |
| 39% | KAPPA | 5 | Symbol used to represent Einstein's gravitational constant |
| 38% | ARROWS | 6 | Three ___, symbol used to cross out swastikas |
| 38% | NOTATION | 8 | System of symbols used to represent numbers |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | Musical symbol that connects notes |
| 38% | EMOJI | 5 | Symbol used in a text |
| 38% | LOGO | 4 | Symbol used by a company |
| 38% | CLEF | 4 | Musical symbol on a stave |
| 38% | OAR | 3 | Used to paddle a boat |
| 38% | KEY | 3 | Used to open a lock |
| 38% | BIT | 3 | Used to control a horse |
| 38% | SOL | 3 | A note to precede la |
| 38% | ATS | 3 | Symbols used to call people out on Twitter, for short |
| 38% | PLUSMINUS | 9 | Hybrid symbol used to express margin of error |
| 37% | MINORTHIRD | 10 | Musical interval used to convey sadness |