| 100% | OLEOLE | 6 | Repetitive refrain in the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 65% | OLE | 3 | Repeated exclamation in the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 53% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated in the "Whiffenpoof Song" refrain |
| 52% | OLE | 3 | Word repeated in the Buster Poindexter song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 52% | BABY | 4 | Type of shark in the repetitive kids' song |
| 52% | DAYO | 4 | Refrain word in the song with the lyric "Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana" |
| 51% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain featured in the four longest answers |
| 48% | BADGUY | 6 | 2019 song by Billie Eilish which reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100 replacing 27a: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHATSNEXT | 9 | Drake song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LAUGHTER | 8 | "___ in the Rain," 1974 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 46% | OLE | 3 | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 46% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Song by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2017 |
| 46% | WHATSNEXT | 9 | 49-Across song that debuted at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ESPRESSO | 8 | Sabrina Carpenter hit song that peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024 |
| 46% | LONDONBRIDGE | 12 | Fergie song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 2006: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PROMISCUOUS | 11 | Nelly Furtado/Timbaland song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 2006 |
| 46% | LAST | 4 | "___ Night," song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 that you probably heard on the radio in 2023 |
| 46% | ADELE | 5 | First solo female singer with three songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously |
| 46% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | Rapper whose song "Anaconda" peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2014: 2 wds. |
| 46% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake song that spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 (3 wds.) |
| 46% | AWAY | 4 | "Give It ___," 1991 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers which won a Grammy Award in 1992 |
| 46% | ALANJACKSON | 11 | Singer whose "Country Boy" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NANANANA | 8 | Part of the refrain before "hey hey hey" in a 1969 #1 song |
| 45% | SUE | 3 | Peggy, in the song |
| 45% | MADONNA | 7 | "Vogue" singer who debuted songs on the Hot 100 in five different decades |
| 45% | NELLY | 5 | Rapper with the songs "Hot in Herre" and "Air Force Ones" |
| 45% | SHAPE | 5 | With 53-Across, song by Ed Sheeran that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks in 2017 |
| 45% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | Actress who had a song from "Pitch Perfect" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | Actress who had a song from "Les Misérables" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 45% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | 49-Across song that spent 10 weeks at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2018 (3 wds.) |