| 100% | DNF | 3 | Abbreviation for athlete who did not finish a race |
| 46% | NOSHOWS | 7 | Passengers who do not turn up for a booked flight |
| 38% | AMATEUR | 7 | Athlete who's not a pro |
| 38% | MILER | 5 | Athlete who specializes in a 1,760-yard race |
| 38% | RUDE | 4 | Someone who does not mind their manners, a ___ person |
| 37% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | One who does not believe nor disbelieve in a God |
| 37% | PRO | 3 | Athlete who gets paid for playing a sport |
| 36% | FADING | 6 | Not doing well in a race |
| 35% | OUTSIDER | 8 | A person who does not belong to a particular group |
| 35% | SEPARATED | 9 | A couple who do not stay together or are divorced |
| 34% | DEEN | 4 | Paula ___, celebrity chef who did not go to culinary school and started off as a caterer |
| 34% | GEMELOS | 7 | Jacki ___, Greek athlete who was a former WNBA player for Chicago Sky |
| 34% | ATTN | 4 | Abbreviation on a business envelope indicating who it's for |
| 34% | STUDY | 5 | Sketch done in preparation for a finished piece |
| 34% | NIKO | 4 | ___ Koutouvides, Greek athlete who was a former NFL player for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 34% | KOSTAS | 6 | ___ Antetokounmpo, Greek athlete who was a former NBA player for the LA Lakers |
| 34% | OWENS | 5 | Athlete for whom a street outside Berlin's Olympiastadion is named |
| 33% | SOPH | 4 | Student who's not yet a junior, for short |
| 33% | PADMA | 5 | ___ Lakshmi, celebrity chef who did not go to culinary school and has a degree in theatre and literature |
| 33% | INA | 3 | ___ Garten, celebrity chef who did not go to culinary school and previously worked as a nuclear policy analyst |
| 33% | OWENS | 5 | Athlete Jesse for whom a street outside Berlin’s Olympiastadion is named |
| 33% | TAFT | 4 | President who finished third in his race for re-election |
| 33% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Rudisha, athlete who set a record for the 800 meters at the 2012 London Olympics |
| 32% | KARSTEN | 7 | ___ Warholm, Norwegian athlete who set a world record for 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 32% | RYAN | 4 | ___ Crouser, athlete who set a record for the shot put throw in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics |
| 32% | REF | 3 | Person on a football field who isn't an athlete, for short |
| 32% | JFK | 3 | Prez who said "Ask not what your country can do for you ..." |
| 31% | JFK | 3 | President who said "Ask not what your country can do for you ...": Abbr. |
| 31% | SUNNI | 5 | One who believes Muhammad did not designate a successor |
| 31% | ROJAS | 5 | Yulimar ___, Venezuelan athlete who set a world record for women's triple jump at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |