| 100% | BEN | 3 | ___ Higgins, "The Bachelor" participant who took a private class at the Cook Street School of Culinary Art |
| 41% | MINKA | 5 | ___ Kelly, "Friday Night Lights" actress who took classes at the New School of Cooking |
| 36% | BANKS | 5 | Tyra ___, "Life-Size" actress who took classes at The Culinary Institute of America |
| 33% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 33% | DISMISS | 7 | Fire; send a class home at the end of school |
| 32% | DEXTER | 6 | ___ Holland, lead vocalist of The Offspring who was a doctoral student at the Keck School of Medicine |
| 31% | DREW | 4 | ___ Barrymore, "Poison Ivy" actress who enrolled in classes at the Culinary Institute of America |
| 30% | NISHIYA | 7 | Momiji ___, Japanese street skater who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics |
| 29% | ROLLE | 5 | Myron ___, former safety for the Tennessee Titans who is a neurosurgery resident at the Harvard Medical School |
| 29% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 28% | TOM | 3 | ___ Holland, actor who shadowed a student at Bronx High School of Science to prepare for the role of Peter Parker |
| 28% | SPRINGER | 8 | Jerry ___, television presenter who studied at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |
| 28% | TEIGEN | 6 | Chrissy ___, "Bring the Funny" judge who attended a culinary program at the French Culinary Institute |
| 27% | DRAWS | 5 | Takes tiles, as at the start of a Scrabble game |
| 27% | FALL | 4 | Take a tumble at the end of autumn? |
| 27% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Stern, former commissioner of the NBA who studied at the Columbia University School of Law |
| 27% | EXAM | 4 | A student takes this at the end of semester |
| 27% | TIM | 3 | ___ McGraw, "Don't Take The Girl" country singer who owns a private island in the Bahamas |
| 27% | SANTA | 5 | ___ Claus, beloved Christmas figure who makes a special appearance at the end of a Thanksgiving parade |
| 27% | DEPP | 4 | Johnny ___, actor from "Pirates of the Caribbean" who owned a private yacht named Vajoliroja |
| 27% | DEB | 3 | Haaland who facilitated the first apology by a U.S. President for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at government boarding schools (October, 2024) |
| 27% | HANDSUP | 7 | Cry at the end of a cooking competition |
| 26% | ADEPT | 5 | A master of an art, someone who is good at something |
| 26% | ALEVEL | 6 | British exam taken at the end of secondary school |
| 26% | ANDSCENE | 8 | Director's words at the end of a take |
| 26% | JACKSON | 7 | Glenda ___, actress from "A Touch of Class" who won the Best Actress Award at the 46th Academy Awards |
| 26% | JOANBENOIT | 10 | US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame runner who won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 26% | CHEF | 4 | School figure who is in charge of food served at the cafeteria |
| 26% | CUT | 3 | Film director's yell at the end of a take |