| 100% | LAY | 3 | Word missing in the Dylan title "___ Lady ___" |
| 50% | SHE | 3 | Word repeated in the Beatles title "___ Said ___ Said" |
| 49% | SHE | 3 | Word missing twice in the Beatles' "___ Said ___ Said" |
| 48% | RAGE | 4 | Word repeated in the Dylan Thomas line "___ against the dying of the light" |
| 46% | LAY | 3 | Word before or after "Lady" in a Dylan title |
| 46% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 44% | SHE | 3 | Word in the titles of six songs by the Beatles |
| 44% | EMEER | 5 | Title which, in Arabic, derives from the word for "immortal" (var.) |
| 44% | LAY | 3 | Famously wrong word in a Dylan title |
| 42% | PEACH | 5 | Miss in the comics |
| 42% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of three Pixar movies |
| 42% | SHUT | 4 | Last word in the title of Kubrick's last film |
| 42% | JEDI | 4 | Last word in the titles of two "Star Wars" movies |
| 41% | ARK | 3 | Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie |
| 41% | SATISFACTION | 12 | Word following the parenthetical "(I Can't Get No)" in a 1965 Rolling Stones song title |
| 41% | NORWEGIANWOOD | 13 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(This Bird Has Flown)" in a 1965 Beatles song title: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOCKWOOD | 8 | Margaret —, English actress who played the title role in 1945 drama The Wicked Lady |
| 40% | LARUE | 5 | Danny —, entertainer who played the title role in 1972 film comedy Our Miss Fred |
| 40% | JEDI | 4 | Final word in the title of the most recent "Star Wars" movie |
| 40% | HAYWORTH | 8 | Rita —, actress who played the title role in films Miss Sadie Thompson, Gilda and Salome |
| 40% | LARUE | 5 | Danny —, comedy entertainer who played the title role in 1972 film comedy Our Miss Fred |
| 39% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(To Everything There Is a Season)" in a 1965 Byrds song title: 3 wds. |
| 39% | SOCK | 4 | One might go missing in the dryer |
| 39% | AWOL | 4 | Missing, in the military |
| 39% | ETTU | 4 | Words heard in the Senate |
| 39% | INEEDANAP | 9 | Words yawned in the afternoon |
| 38% | EADIE | 5 | Title lady in a 1933 song |
| 38% | AWOL | 4 | Missing, in the military: Abbr. |
| 38% | ITS | 3 | Word repeated in the "Superman" intro |
| 38% | NOR | 3 | Word repeated in the postal creed |