| 100% | WORD | 4 | "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest ___" (Elton John song) |
| 94% | SORRY | 5 | "___ Seems to Be the Hardest Word," Elton John song |
| 77% | SEEMS | 5 | "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word," song by Elton John that talks about how difficult it is to apologize sometimes |
| 70% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 62% | HONKYCAT | 8 | 1972 Elton John song where the title character is told to "get back": 2 wds. |
| 62% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ORR | 3 | "S___y seems to be the hardest word" |
| 56% | SEEMS | 5 | Elton Jonn's "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word" |
| 54% | SEEMS | 5 | "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word" |
| 52% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 52% | EMPTY | 5 | "___ Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)," 1982 Elton John song that was a tribute to John Lennon |
| 50% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SOISEE | 6 | "That seems to be the case" |
| 49% | IFEARSO | 7 | "This unfortunately seems to be the case" |
| 49% | ROCKET | 6 | "___ Man," Elton John number that is a popular wake-up song aboard the International Space Station |
| 48% | APPEARMARKED | 12 | Seem to be the kind of decks employed by cheats? |
| 48% | IMSTEELSTANDING | 15 | Variation on Elton John's '83 song that pays homage to the alloy workers of the world? |
| 47% | CITY | 4 | Damascus seems to be the oldest continuously inhabited one |
| 46% | CANDLE | 6 | An Elton John song, __ in the wind |
| 46% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit cup |
| 45% | HAIR | 4 | Musical with the song "Easy to Be Hard" |
| 45% | DANIEL | 6 | Elton John song about a man on a plane to Spain |
| 45% | BREAKING | 8 | "___ Up Is Hard to Do," 1962 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 44% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News hit song) |
| 44% | GUESSSO | 7 | "Seems to be the case" |
| 44% | INEEDLOVE | 9 | 1987 hit said to be the first hip-hop love song |
| 43% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News song) |
| 43% | BAPTIST | 7 | Thought to be Jesus' cousin, John the __ |
| 43% | MOON | 4 | "Bad Side of the ___," 1970 Elton John song that was covered by April Wine |
| 43% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1973 Elton John song that was his first #1 hit: 2 wds. |