| 100% | DAYO | 4 | Word in "The Banana Boat Song" |
| 95% | DAYO | 4 | Repeated word in "The Banana Boat Song" |
| 94% | DAYO | 4 | Repeated word in "The Banana Boat Song" (Hyph.) |
| 77% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" word |
| 76% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" chorus word |
| 73% | DAYO | 4 | Refrain word in the song with the lyric "Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana" |
| 67% | BELAFONTE | 9 | Singer Harry who made The Banana Boat Song famous |
| 64% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 64% | OLE | 3 | Cheer word in the song "Hernando's Hideaway" |
| 63% | SYNE | 4 | Last word in the first song of the year |
| 63% | ISLE | 4 | Last word in the "Gilligan" theme song |
| 63% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" |
| 63% | DAYO | 4 | "___ (The Banana Boat Song)" |
| 63% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 62% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta that's a word in the song "Yankee Doodle" |
| 62% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" opener |
| 62% | BELAFONTE | 9 | "The Banana Boat Song" singer |
| 62% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" start |
| 61% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" opener (Hyph.) |
| 61% | DAYO | 4 | Aka "The Banana Boat Song" |
| 61% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 61% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 60% | DAYO | 4 | How "The Banana Boat Song" begins |
| 60% | WITH | 4 | Penultimate word in a song about the 1-Across |
| 59% | DAYO | 4 | "The Banana Boat Song" opener |
| 58% | CLANG | 5 | Repeated word in "The Trolley Song" |
| 58% | ACHY | 4 | First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing |
| 57% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated in the "Whiffenpoof Song" refrain |
| 57% | FLOSSY | 6 | Word repeated in the Fergie song “Glamorous” |