| 100% | SEEMS | 5 | Elton Jonn's "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word" |
| 75% | SEEMS | 5 | "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word," song by Elton John that talks about how difficult it is to apologize sometimes |
| 74% | SORRY | 5 | "___ Seems to Be the Hardest Word," Elton John song |
| 73% | SEEMS | 5 | "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word" |
| 67% | ORR | 3 | "S___y seems to be the hardest word" |
| 59% | WORD | 4 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest ___" (Elton John song) |
| 56% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 47% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 46% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 46% | NOMOPHOBIA | 10 | Word coined to refer to the fear of being without one’s cellphone |
| 46% | ELECT | 5 | Word whose meaning remains unchanged when an "s" is added to the front |
| 45% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 45% | INBED | 5 | Words that can be added to the end of any fortune cookie, it's said |
| 44% | HAIR | 4 | "Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s |
| 44% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |
| 43% | WISE | 4 | "A word to the ___ is sufficient" |
| 43% | TROY | 4 | The word "Trojan Horse" is related to this city |
| 42% | HADLESSHORSEMANE | 16 | Was harder for the bronco buster to hold on to? |
| 42% | BELONGS | 7 | When the word is out, it __ to another |
| 42% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 41% | GIA | 3 | ___ Carangi, considered to be the world's first supermodel |
| 41% | GREENLAND | 9 | Arctic island said to be the world's largest |
| 41% | BREAKING | 8 | "___ Up Is Hard to Do," 1962 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 41% | SEQUOIA | 7 | What is the only seven-letter word to use all five vowels and Q? |
| 41% | EVER | 4 | Word whose opposite is formed by attaching an n to the beginning |
| 41% | SEDAKA | 6 | Neil with the hit "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
| 41% | IOS | 3 | Island said to be the home of Homer's tomb |
| 41% | PGA | 3 | It claims to be the world's largest sport org. |
| 41% | TITICACA | 8 | South American lake said to be the world's highest |
| 41% | IDLE | 4 | Kind of hands said to be the devil's playthings |