| 100% | MELODY | 6 | The tune of a song, the linear musical structure |
| 54% | CODA | 4 | In music, the final part of a musical structure |
| 53% | EVITA | 5 | Musical with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| 51% | LYRICS | 6 | The words of a song |
| 51% | THEME | 5 | ___ song (tune at the start of a TV show) |
| 50% | TAKEMETOCHURCH | 14 | 2013 Hozier tune nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy: 4 wds. |
| 50% | MELODY | 6 | The tune of a piece of music |
| 49% | LYRICAL | 7 | Relating to the words of a song |
| 49% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 48% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 48% | VAMP | 4 | Repeated passage at the start of a song |
| 48% | LIPSYNC | 7 | Mime along to the words of a song |
| 48% | MATTERS | 7 | "All That ___," Christina Perri's 2015 song which was a part of the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" |
| 48% | TIMBRE | 6 | The quality of a musical note |
| 48% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | The name of a song by Lil Wayne and The Chordettes |
| 47% | TELOMERE | 8 | Structure at the end of a chromosome |
| 47% | DAM | 3 | Structure in the middle of a river |
| 47% | LYRICAL | 7 | Of the words of a popular song |
| 47% | ROOF | 4 | Structure that covers the top of a building |
| 47% | PYRAMID | 7 | Structure on the back of a dollar bill |
| 47% | CLEF | 4 | Musical symbol at the front of a staff |
| 47% | INTROIT | 7 | Song at the start of a church service |
| 47% | YODEL | 5 | Song from the top of a mountain, often |
| 46% | POSTLUDE | 8 | Musical piece at the end of a church service |
| 46% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 46% | TUNED | 5 | Calibrated the sound of a musical instrument |
| 46% | GRAMMAR | 7 | The structures of a language |
| 46% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 46% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 46% | BSIDE | 5 | Tune on the back of a 45 single: 2 wds. |