| 100% | WASAT | 5 | "I ___ school when the earthquake happened.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the most beach sand is visible: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ONCUE | 5 | Exactly when the script indicates: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GAMEDAY | 7 | When the action takes place for an athlete: 2 wds. |
| 45% | PLANB | 5 | Alternate solution when the first one fails: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SIXO | 4 | ___'clock, when the clock hands form a straight vertical line: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IWIN | 4 | Gleeful cry when the coin flip is in your favor: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WASAT | 5 | "I ___ the school yesterday afternoon": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ACTI | 4 | When the curtain first opens at the theater: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse ran down the clock (2 wds.) |
| 40% | OUTON | 5 | "The prisoner was ___ parole when the unfortunate incident took place.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | WASAT | 5 | "I ___ the school yesterday afternoon.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SKISEASON | 9 | Time when the slopes are most crowded (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MYBAD | 5 | "Sorry ... I'll take the blame": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BALLGAME | 8 | "Take Me Out to the ___" (seventh-inning song): 2 wds. |
| 39% | GASCAP | 6 | Cover removed when refueling the car: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NOTREDAME | 9 | The Fighting Irish's school: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Jesse Owens' school when he set three world records and tied a fourth, in a span of 45 minutes: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OHNO | 4 | What you would say when something bad happens: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OHNO | 4 | "Tell me this isn't happening.": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MON | 3 | When the school week begins: Abbr. |
| 37% | ELPASO | 6 | The "EP" in the school "UTEP": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ISEE | 4 | I'll believe it when ___ it (2 wds) |
| 36% | ANO | 3 | "It's ___ from me!" ("Not happening!"): 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOTON | 5 | "___ my watch" (won't happen when I am around): 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALIBI | 5 | “I was at the movies when it happened,” e.g. |
| 36% | ONCUE | 5 | When an actor enters the stage, hopefully (2 wds.) |
| 36% | UPON | 4 | "He hung ___ me" (ended the phone call): 2 wds. |
| 36% | OPENINGCEREMONY | 15 | When the lighting of the Olympic cauldron happens |