| 100% | ONA | 3 | Nirvana song "___ Plain" |
| 62% | ARE | 3 | Nirvana song "Come as you __" |
| 58% | SPIRIT | 6 | Smells like Teen __, Nirvana song |
| 54% | TEENANGST | 9 | Inspiration for many Linkin Park and Nirvana songs |
| 51% | COME | 4 | "___ As You Are," song by Nirvana |
| 51% | TEEN | 4 | "Smells Like ___ Spirit," song by Nirvana |
| 50% | SPAIN | 5 | Place with rainy plains, in song |
| 50% | HOMEDEMO | 8 | Label for some Nirvana songs recorded at Kurt Cobain's house |
| 48% | LITHIUM | 7 | A chemical element and a song by Nirvana |
| 48% | HEY | 3 | "___ There Delilah," song by Plain White T's |
| 48% | DELILAH | 7 | "Hey There ___," song by Plain White T's |
| 43% | SOLD | 4 | "The Man Who ___ the World" (David Bowie song covered by Nirvana) |
| 43% | HEART | 5 | "___-Shaped Box," horror novel written by Joe Hill whose title is inspired by a Nirvana song |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | "Come As You ___" (Nirvana song) |
| 42% | ASON | 4 | "Been ___" (Nirvana song): 2 wds. |
| 42% | TEEN | 4 | "Smells Like ___ Spirit" (Nirvana song) |
| 42% | KAN | 3 | Great Plains state whose state song is "Home on the Range" (Abbr.) |
| 41% | PLAIN | 5 | "On a ___" (Nirvana song from "Nevermind") |
| 41% | ASYOU | 5 | "Come ___ Are" (Nirvana song): 2 wds. |
| 41% | TEENSPIRIT | 10 | "Smells Like ____," a massive hit song by Nirvana released in 1991: 2 wds. |
| 39% | COMEASYOUARE | 12 | Kurt Cobain's hit song from Nirvana's second studio album "Nevermind": 4 wds. |
| 39% | NEGATIVECREEP | 13 | Kurt Cobain's hit song from Nirvana's first studio album "Bleach": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEEN | 4 | "Smells Like ___ Spirit," 1991 song by Nirvana, with a music video set in school |
| 38% | SCOFF | 5 | Nirvana's debut album in 1989 that contained song, may have caused some laughter at the time |
| 38% | SPIRIT | 6 | "Smells Like Teen ___," song by Nirvana that was covered in the period drama "Moulin Rouge" |
| 38% | ITSYOU | 6 | Song from "The Music Man" with the lyric "What words could be saner or truer or plainer" |
| 36% | LAKE | 4 | "___ of Fire," song covered by Nirvana ... or a small water body where one might go fishing |
| 36% | HEY | 3 | "___ There Delilah" (Plain White T's song) |
| 36% | DRAB | 4 | Just plain plain |
| 35% | STEPPE | 6 | Vast treeless plain |