| 100% | BREATH | 6 | The Police's hit song Every __ You Take |
| 68% | EVERY | 5 | "___ Breath You Take" (#1 hit song by the Police) |
| 67% | EVERY | 5 | The Police's 1983 hit "___ Breath You Take" |
| 66% | BREATH | 6 | "Every ___ You Take," song by The Police |
| 64% | BREATH | 6 | No. 1 hit song by the Police: "Every __ You Take" |
| 59% | BREATH | 6 | "Every ___ You Take" (hit tune for the Police) |
| 57% | EVERY | 5 | "___ Breath You Take" (#1 hit by the Police) |
| 57% | EVERY | 5 | "___ Breath You Take" (1983 hit for the Police) |
| 51% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 49% | BREATHYOU | 9 | Every __ Take; 1983 hit for The Police |
| 46% | PAIN | 4 | "King of ___" (1983 hit song for the Police) |
| 44% | HOMERUN | 7 | Baseball hit takes you around the bases |
| 43% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CSI | 3 | Hit TV show with the theme song "Who Are You" |
| 43% | GYPSY | 5 | Hit 1959 musical with the song "Let Me Entertain You" |
| 43% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | FAIR | 4 | "Then You May Take Me to the ___" ("Camelot" song) |
| 42% | ENTER | 5 | Something you usually hit at the end of every paragraph |
| 42% | CSI | 3 | CBS forensics hit with the theme song "Who Are You" |
| 41% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Bruce Springsteen hit song with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | TOXIC | 5 | Britney Spears hit song with the lyric "A guy like you should wear a warning" |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 41% | KYOTO | 5 | Hit Phoebe Bridgers song with the lyric "The band took the speed train" |
| 41% | RELIGION | 8 | Losing my __, REM's hit song from the 1990s |
| 41% | WILDESTDREAMS | 13 | Hit song by 30-Across from the album "1989" that begs, "Say you'll remember me" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | 1991 U2 hit song that begins, "Is it getting better / Or do you feel the same?" |
| 41% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | 1983 #1 hit with the lyric "Take, take, take what you need" |
| 40% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 40% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |