| 100% | SAT | 3 | Exam for the U.-bound |
| 75% | PSAT | 4 | Exam for the college-bound |
| 72% | SATTEST | 7 | Exam for the college-bound, redundantly |
| 72% | SATS | 4 | Exams for the college-bound (Abbr.) |
| 71% | PSAT | 4 | Exam for the college-bound, for short |
| 65% | PSAT | 4 | Warm-up exam for the college-bound (Abbr.) |
| 65% | PSAT | 4 | College Board exam for the college-bound: Abbr. |
| 62% | EGGPLANT | 8 | Aubergine for the US |
| 61% | CIAAGENT | 8 | Spy for the U.S. |
| 61% | OLDGLORY | 8 | Nickname for the US flag |
| 60% | FLOTUS | 6 | Acronym for the US first lady |
| 60% | CIA | 3 | Surveillance group for the US: Abbr. |
| 60% | EXPM | 4 | Tony Blair, for the U.K. |
| 60% | MOTTO | 5 | "Semper fidelis," for the US Marines |
| 59% | GOODWILLAMBASSADORS | 19 | *Celebrities working for the U.N., perhaps |
| 59% | MOTTO | 5 | "Semper Fidelis," for the U.S. Marines |
| 59% | BDAY | 4 | July 4th, for the U.S.A. |
| 59% | EPA | 3 | Acronym for the US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 59% | METONYM | 7 | Hollywood, for the U.S. film industry |
| 59% | TERM | 4 | Lifetime, for the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 59% | USSR | 4 | Space Race rival for the U.S. |
| 59% | PSAT | 4 | Exam for future U. students |
| 59% | NATL | 4 | For the entire U.S. |
| 59% | SPYPLANE | 8 | The U-2, for example |
| 58% | HILL | 4 | Metonym for the U.S. Congress, with "the" |
| 58% | SALARY | 6 | $400,000/year, for the U.S. president |
| 58% | TERM | 4 | Five years, for the U.N. secretary general |
| 58% | NASA | 4 | Agency responsible for the US moon landings: Abbr. |
| 58% | TERM | 4 | Four-year period for the U.S. President |
| 58% | GDP | 3 | About $21 trillion, for the US last year |