| 100% | CREEP | 5 | Radiohead hit song with the lyric "I wish I was special" |
| 63% | BALIHAI | 7 | South Pacific song with the lyric "Here am I, your special island" |
| 61% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 60% | MEMORY | 6 | Barbra Streisand hit song with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |
| 59% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 59% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |
| 58% | MISSME | 6 | Drake and Lil Wayne hit song with the lyrics "I know things have changed, know I used to be around more" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ALLINEED | 8 | Radiohead song with the lyric "I am a moth who just wants to share your light" |
| 55% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 55% | HUSH | 4 | Deep Purple hit song with the lyric "I thought I heard her / calling my name now" |
| 53% | BALIHAI | 7 | Show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island" |
| 53% | RARE | 4 | Selena Gomez song with the lyric "I know that I'm special" |
| 53% | BALIHAI | 7 | 1949 show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island!" |
| 53% | THESEDREAMS | 11 | Heart hit song with the lyric "Every second of the night I live another life" |
| 53% | GETONYOURFEET | 13 | Gloria Estefan hit song with the lyric "The weight is off your shoulder" (4 wds.) |
| 53% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | OOPSIDIDITAGAIN | 15 | Britney Spears song with the lyric "That is just so typically me" |
| 52% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 52% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | HALO | 4 | Beyonce hit song with the lyric “I got my angel now” |
| 51% | ITHURTSOBAD | 11 | Susan Tedeschi song with the lyric "You were the best man I ever had" |
| 51% | SUPERTROUPER | 12 | ABBA hit with the lyric "All I do is eat and sleep and sing" |
| 51% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet hit song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |
| 51% | FREERIDE | 8 | 1973 Edgar Winter Group hit song with the lyrics "The mountain is high, the valley is low" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | FORTUNATESON | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Some folks are born / Made to wave the flag" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 50% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Taylor Swift hit with the lyric "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 50% | EMPTYBEDBLUES | 13 | Bessie Smith song with the lyric “My springs are getting rusty, sleeping single like I do” |
| 50% | GYPSY | 5 | 1959 Broadway hit with the song "All I Need Is the Girl" |
| 50% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |