| 100% | BOOGIE | 6 | Blues-based music |
| 67% | STAX | 4 | Blues label based in Memphis |
| 65% | TWELVEB | 7 | Like much blues music |
| 64% | MOONLIGHTSONATA | 15 | Music to ease the second-job blues? |
| 64% | SOUL | 4 | Music genre related to rhythm and blues |
| 64% | SOUL | 4 | Music genre akin to rhythm and blues |
| 63% | PASODOBLE | 9 | Dance based on bullfight music |
| 62% | CALLANDRESPONSE | 15 | Music technique in many gospel and blues songs |
| 62% | STLOUIS | 7 | __ blues, genre of piano music from Missouri |
| 62% | DOOWOP | 6 | Style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the US in the 1950s |
| 62% | WCHANDY | 7 | First to publish blues music (1910s) |
| 62% | BEALE | 5 | Street made famous by blues music |
| 62% | BEALE | 5 | Memphis street in blues music history |
| 61% | TAPS | 4 | Night music on a military base |
| 61% | NAS | 3 | FL base for the Blue Angels |
| 60% | RANDB | 5 | Music genre like jazz, EDM, blues, and rock: Abbr. |
| 60% | FUNK | 4 | Musical genre based on rhythm and blues |
| 59% | MIA | 3 | "Mamma ___!" (musical based on ABBA's music) |
| 59% | BMG | 3 | International music company based in Berlin: Abbr. |
| 58% | SKA | 3 | Jamaica-based music |
| 58% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James who won 17 Blues Music Awards |
| 58% | CHICAGO | 7 | __ blues, music genre from Illinois major city |
| 58% | INFIRMARY | 9 | St James __ Blues, a music standard |
| 58% | MIA | 3 | "Mamma ___!" (musical based on the music of ABBA) |
| 57% | COBALT | 6 | Silvery-white metal, a base for blue pigments |
| 56% | THROUGHCOMPOSED | 15 | Not based on repeated sections or verses, in music |
| 56% | ILLINOISE | 9 | 2023 musical based on the music of Sufjan Stevens |
| 54% | IDIOT | 5 | "American ___" (Broadway musical based on the music of Green Day) |
| 53% | SOUL | 4 | Blues alternative (music genre) |
| 53% | RHYTHM | 6 | __ and blues, or R&B, music style out of the US |