| 100% | DRE | 3 | The "Doctor" in the 2011 rap hit "I Need a Doctor" |
| 62% | DRE | 3 | "Dr." with the 2011 hit "I Need a Doctor" |
| 45% | FREEDOM | 7 | A hit song by Pharrell Williams that was used in the film "Despicable Me 3" |
| 44% | NOONE | 5 | Who "can get in the way of what I feel for you," in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit |
| 44% | DUKEOFEARL | 10 | The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| 43% | JACKWAGNER | 10 | "General Hospital" star who had a top 10 hit with "All I Need" in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 43% | POSNER | 6 | Mike with the 2015 hit "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" |
| 43% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HOWIE | 5 | ___ Dorough, member of the group "Backstreet Boys" who released a solo album "Back to Me" in 2011 |
| 41% | MANETTE | 7 | The doctor in A Tale of Two Cities: Alexandre __ |
| 41% | ATLANTIS | 8 | A villain hideout in The Spy Who Loved Me |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | In need of a doctor |
| 41% | TAB | 3 | "Ola! I'm a dupe of cola! I hit the market in 1963 and I'm synonymous with a can opener" |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | In need of a doctor, say |
| 40% | TIMBERLAKE | 10 | Justin ___, a singer famous for his hit single "Cry Me a River", who starred in the film "Friends with Benefits": 2 wds. |
| 40% | AFRICA | 6 | "I bless the rains down in ___" (lyric from a 1983 #1 hit) |
| 40% | ELLA | 4 | Part of the hook in a 2007 Rihanna hit |
| 40% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 40% | ANNEMURRAY | 10 | "You Needed Me" singer who was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 40% | REEK | 4 | Need a bath in the worst way |
| 40% | LOB | 3 | Hit a ball high in the air |
| 40% | SKY | 3 | Hit a ball high in the air |
| 40% | BONK | 4 | Hit the wall in a marathon, informally |
| 40% | BEAN | 4 | Hit in the head with a pitch |
| 40% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Rolling in the Deep" |
| 40% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | Rap hit heard in the 2009 biopic "Notorious" |
| 40% | PIGOUT | 6 | Hit the buffet in a major way, say |
| 40% | BEAN | 4 | Hit in the head with a pitched baseball |
| 40% | AHOLE | 5 | "... like I need — in the head" |
| 40% | SANK | 4 | Hit the floor, in a way |