| 100% | HEIR | 4 | King-to-be |
| 100% | CHARLES | 7 | Name of the only English king to be executed |
| 92% | COOLER | 6 | More likely to be prom king, say |
| 90% | IVE | 3 | "___ been to the mountaintop": King |
| 89% | SIMBA | 5 | "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" singer |
| 89% | GRAVEYARDS | 10 | Likely places to be part of Stephen King novels |
| 89% | SIMBA | 5 | Character who "just can't wait to be king" |
| 89% | LIONCUBS | 8 | They grow up to be kings of the savanna |
| 87% | BUD | 3 | Beer that claims to be "The King of Beers," familiarly |
| 87% | MENELAUS | 8 | King who was married to Helen of Troy |
| 86% | QUEENS | 6 | They are usually married to kings |
| 85% | EDIT | 4 | “To write is human, to ___ divine” (Stephen King) |
| 85% | RULE | 4 | What a king was born to do |
| 85% | AIM | 3 | "We ___ to please!" ("The customer is king!") |
| 84% | LAD | 3 | "Carry the ___ that's born to be king" ("Skye Boat Song" line) |
| 84% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |
| 84% | SIMBA | 5 | Disney lion who sings "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" |
| 84% | SIMBA | 5 | Fictional lion who sings "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" |
| 82% | LOUISXII | 8 | Da Vinci was court painter to this French king |
| 82% | OSIRIS | 6 | Whom King Tut's mummy was made to resemble |
| 81% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespearean king who says to Cordelia, "Thy truth, then, be thy dower" |
| 80% | ADMETUS | 7 | King of Pherae, Thessaly, who in Greek mythology is married to Alcestis |
| 80% | HATE | 4 | "___ is too great a burden to bear": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 80% | ANKARA | 6 | World capital said to have been founded by King Midas |
| 80% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 80% | NAPOLI | 6 | "In ___, where love is king" (intro to "That's Amore") |
| 79% | AVALON | 6 | Where King Arthur was conveyed for his wounds to be healed |
| 79% | SASH | 4 | Accessory that might be given to a prom king or queen |
| 78% | HENNYPENNY | 10 | One who went to tell the king the sky was falling |
| 78% | HEIRS | 5 | Kings-to-be |