| 100% | GOTNO | 5 | Words before "diamond" and "pearl" in an Irving Berlin song |
| 52% | IFEEL | 5 | Words before "Fine" and "Pretty" in song |
| 52% | TRYTO | 5 | Words before "Remember" and "Forget," in song titles |
| 52% | TRYTO | 5 | Words before "Remember" and "Forget" in song titles |
| 51% | LETIT | 5 | Words before "Be" and "Go" in two hit songs |
| 51% | SEAOF | 5 | Words before "Love" on screen and in song |
| 51% | ILOVE | 5 | Words before "New York" and "Paris," in song titles |
| 51% | LIKEA | 5 | Words before "Virgin" and "Rolling Stone," in song titles |
| 51% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 50% | LIKEA | 5 | Words before "Virgin" and "Prayer" in Madonna song titles: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LET | 3 | Word before "It Go" and "It Be," in song titles |
| 50% | LET | 3 | Word before “It Go” and “It Snow” in song titles |
| 50% | LET | 3 | Word before "It Go" and "It Be," in hit song titles |
| 49% | BABY | 4 | Word before "Boy," "Love" and "Come Back" in titles to #1 songs |
| 47% | ILOVE | 5 | With 25-Across, an Irving Berlin song |
| 45% | ONLY | 4 | Word before "Sixteen," "Time" and "You" in top 10 hit songs |
| 45% | SOHUMAN | 7 | Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles |
| 43% | THERESNO | 8 | Words before business in song |
| 42% | YAS | 3 | Word before "queen," in an encouragement |
| 42% | GET | 3 | Word before "Out" and "Smart" in movie titles |
| 42% | AMERICAN | 8 | Word before "Beauty" and "Pie" in film titles |
| 42% | STAR | 4 | Word before "Wars" and "Trek" in series titles |
| 42% | MEAN | 4 | Word before "Streets" and "Girls" in film titles |
| 42% | LIL | 3 | Word before "Baby" and "Kim" in rappers' names |
| 42% | FLO | 3 | Word before "Milli" and "Rida" in rapper names |
| 42% | ICE | 3 | Word before "T" and "Cube" in rapper names |
| 42% | POORER | 6 | Word before "in sickness and in health" |
| 41% | EATNO | 5 | Words before fat and lean, in a nursery rhyme |
| 41% | STAR | 4 | Word before "Trek" and "Wars" in sci-fi titles |
| 41% | STAR | 4 | Word before "Trek" and "Wars" in sci-fi franchises |