| 100% | GAP | 3 | Mystery in the fossil record |
| 70% | SHARKS | 6 | Animals that appear in the fossil record before trees |
| 55% | UFO | 3 | Mystery in the sky, for short |
| 55% | ETS | 3 | Mysteries in the '16 film "Arrival" |
| 53% | ONFILE | 6 | In the records |
| 52% | BIGOIL | 6 | Bloc in the fossil fuels lobby, collectively |
| 52% | LOG | 3 | Put in the official record |
| 52% | SESSIONS | 8 | Divisions in the Congressional Record |
| 52% | LINERNOTES | 10 | Writing included in the record? |
| 51% | HERE | 4 | Present in the recording |
| 51% | ONFILE | 6 | Stored in the records |
| 50% | TOM | 3 | Waits in the recording studio |
| 50% | ECHO | 4 | Effect in the recording studio |
| 50% | SESSION | 7 | Time in the recording studio |
| 50% | EDDIE | 5 | Money in the recording business |
| 49% | MACHINE | 7 | Scooby-Doo rides in the Mystery __ |
| 49% | EMI | 3 | Big inits. in the record business |
| 48% | ONLY | 4 | "___ Murders in the Building" (comedic mystery series) |
| 48% | DEMETER | 7 | Greek goddess worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries |
| 48% | EST | 3 | Suffix in the "Guinness World Records" book |
| 48% | EMI | 3 | Big initials in the recording industry, once |
| 47% | OPIUMDEN | 8 | Seedy establishment in The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| 47% | LOSSES | 6 | The second number in a record |
| 46% | EST | 3 | Suffix used frequently in the "Guinness Book of Records" |
| 46% | WINS | 4 | The "W" in a team's record |
| 46% | LOSS | 4 | The "1" in a 15-1 record |
| 46% | LOSS | 4 | The 1 in a 16-1 record |
| 46% | JEANGENIE | 9 | The __, David Bowie song recorded in 1972 |
| 46% | EST | 3 | Suffix seen a lot in the "Guinness World Records" book |
| 46% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James portrayed by Beyoncé in the film "Cadillac Records" |