| 100% | ICRY | 4 | Usher song with the lyric "'Cause these tears won't dry" |
| 49% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Darling won't you ease my worried mind" |
| 49% | IWASHERE | 8 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Leave something to remember, so they won’t forget” |
| 48% | EGO | 3 | Beyonce song with the lyric "I talk like this 'cause I can back it up" |
| 48% | FANCY | 5 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyrics "Can't you taste this gold / Remember my name" |
| 48% | EGO | 3 | 2009 Beyoncé song with the lyrics "He talk like this 'cause he can back it up" |
| 47% | AMIBLUE | 7 | Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?" |
| 46% | SATANS | 6 | “___ Bed” (Pearl Jam song with the lyric “I’ll wait for an angel, but I won’t hold my breath”) |
| 45% | DNA | 3 | 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this" |
| 45% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the lyric "I feel like I win when I lose" |
| 45% | ILLFLYAWAY | 10 | Gospel song with the lyric "Like a bird from these prison walls" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | POKEMONTHEME | 12 | Song with the lyrics "To catch them is my real test / to train them is my cause" |
| 44% | STATUEOFAFOOL | 13 | Ricky Van Shelton song with the lyric "To honor the million tears he's cried" |
| 44% | THELADYISATRAMP | 15 | Frank Sinatra song with the lyric "Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls" |
| 44% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Beatles song with the lyric "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" |
| 44% | LIFEISAHIGHWAY | 14 | Tom Cochrane song with the lyrics "Come ride with me to the distant shore / We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate" (4 wds.) |
| 44% | WALKMEHOME | 10 | Pink song with the lyric "So what do you say we leave this place?" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | ALLTOOWELL | 10 | *Taylor Swift song with the lyrics "You can't get rid of it / 'Cause you remember it ... " |
| 42% | AFTERGLOW | 9 | "Lover" song with the lyric "this ultraviolet morning light below" |
| 42% | LETSDANCE | 9 | Classic David Bowie song with the lyric "Put on your red shoes," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 42% | REM | 3 | Ariana Grande song with the lyric "Don't wanna wake up" |
| 41% | CASSADEEPOPE | 12 | Pop singer with the hit song "Wasting All These Tears" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MICHELLE | 8 | 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" |
| 41% | 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.) |
| 40% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 40% | RADIORADIO | 10 | Repetitively named Elvis Costello song with the lyrics “With every one of those late-night stations / Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes” |
| 40% | RING | 4 | Cardi B song with the lyrics "Should I call first? I can't decide" |
| 40% | ALOHAOE | 7 | Song with the lyric "Until we meet again" |
| 40% | WHIPIT | 6 | Song with the lyrics "Go forward! Move ahead!" |
| 40% | SEE | 3 | "... won't ___ no tears, they all dried up yesterday" (lyric from a 2018 song) |