| 59% | SUEDE | 5 | Blue shoe material, in an Elvis song |
| 58% | SUEDE | 5 | Shoe material in an Elvis tune |
| 45% | JAIL | 4 | Lead-in to "house" in an Elvis Presley hit |
| 44% | SUEDE | 5 | Like blue shoes in an Elvis song |
| 41% | CITED | 5 | Mentioned in an academic paper |
| 41% | THANK | 5 | Mention in an acceptance speech |
| 39% | THREADBEAR | 10 | Grizzly mentioned in an online forum? |
| 39% | PELVIS | 6 | Body part in an Elvis nickname |
| 36% | SUSIE | 5 | Sleepyhead in an Everly Brothers hit |
| 36% | LAYLA | 5 | Name in an Eric Clapton hit |
| 36% | ALICES | 6 | Restaurant in an Arlo Guthrie hit |
| 36% | AURALEE | 7 | Civil War song whose melody was used for an Elvis hit |
| 35% | GHETTO | 6 | Area in a 1969 Elvis Presley hit |
| 35% | FRISCOBAY | 9 | Inlet in an Otis Redding hit song |
| 35% | GEL | 3 | Material in some shoe insoles |
| 35% | ELASTIC | 7 | Material in an underwear waistband |
| 35% | ORE | 3 | Material in an underground vein |
| 35% | GHETTO | 6 | Where "a poor little baby child is born," in an Elvis song |
| 35% | THEJETS | 7 | Bennie's band, in an Elton John hit |
| 35% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 35% | SUEDE | 5 | Material for Elvis's blue shoes |
| 35% | SUEDE | 5 | Material of Elvis's blue shoes |
| 35% | SILLYPUTTY | 10 | Modeling material stored in an egg |
| 34% | GALLUP | 6 | New Mexico town mentioned in the hit "Route 66" |
| 34% | ELOPED | 6 | Got married by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas, maybe |
| 34% | RIEN | 4 | Word repeated twelve times in an Édith Piaf hit |
| 34% | SHE | 3 | Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill" |
| 34% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue __ Shoes"; hit for Elvis |
| 34% | GEL | 3 | Cushioning material in athletic shoes |
| 33% | DRAGBUNTS | 9 | *They're made in an attempt at a base hit |