| 100% | RESPECT | 7 | Song turned into a hit by Aretha Franklin |
| 52% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled by Aretha Franklin in a classic song |
| 49% | FREEWAYOFLOVE | 13 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Aretha Franklin (3 wds.) |
| 47% | RESPECT | 7 | Aretha Franklin hit ranked #1 on a Rolling Stone magazine "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list |
| 44% | BLENDED | 7 | Turned into a liquid smoothie by a machine |
| 42% | MYWORLD | 7 | "Come into ___," hit song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue which won a Grammy Award in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARACHNE | 7 | Girl turned into a spider by Athena |
| 41% | NATURAL | 7 | Aretha Franklin made a hit out of A __ Woman |
| 41% | LOT | 3 | "Parking ___," a hit song by Nelly Furtado |
| 41% | OYE | 3 | "___ Como Va," a hit song by Santana |
| 41% | DOG | 3 | "Black ___," a hit song by Led Zeppelin |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | A hit song by U2 inspired by the German reunification |
| 40% | TIRESIAS | 8 | Blind prophet turned into a woman by Hera |
| 40% | END | 3 | "In the ___," a hit song by Linkin Park |
| 40% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," a hit song by Survivor |
| 40% | ITS | 3 | "___ Now or Never," a hit song by Elvis |
| 40% | ISNT | 4 | "___ She Lovely," a hit song by Stevie Wonder |
| 40% | MOPSILOVEYOU | 12 | Hit song by a Beatles janitor? |
| 40% | ROAR | 4 | A hit song by Katy Perry from her fourth album, "Prism" |
| 40% | EVAH | 4 | "Well, Did You ___?" a hit song by Cole Porter |
| 40% | ROSE | 4 | "Every ___ Has Its Thorn," a hit song by Poison |
| 40% | ITS | 3 | "___ Now or Never," a hit song by Elvis Presley |
| 40% | WAR | 3 | "___ Pigs," a hit song by metal band Black Sabbath |
| 40% | ITBE | 4 | "Let ___," a hit song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TIRESIAS | 8 | Figure who Hera turned into a woman for hitting copulating snakes with a stick |
| 39% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin 1967 hit song |
| 39% | OTEA | 4 | "Cup ___," a hit 1970 song by Don Williams: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DEVIL | 5 | "Sympathy for the ___," a hit song by The Rolling Stones |
| 39% | SEA | 3 | "___ of Joy," a hit song by English supergroup Blind Faith |
| 39% | EILEEN | 6 | Title woman in a hit song by Dexys Midnight Runners |