| 100% | ACE | 3 | Excel at a test |
| 69% | ACE | 3 | Excel at a task |
| 69% | ACED | 4 | Excelled at a mission |
| 68% | ACE | 3 | Excel at a particular sport |
| 64% | ACE | 3 | Excel in a test, say |
| 62% | PROTESTANTCONTESTANT | 20 | Someone who might excel at a Bible trivia game? |
| 59% | DNA | 3 | Genetic material at a paternity test: Abbr. |
| 59% | FORTYYARDDASH | 13 | Test at a football tryout |
| 58% | CRAM | 4 | Prepare for a test at the last minute |
| 57% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of a semester |
| 55% | CPK | 3 | A test to look at the levels of creatinine phosphokinase in the blood |
| 53% | ACE | 3 | Excel in, as a test |
| 50% | SYMONDS | 7 | A —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 |
| 50% | SHAHZAD | 7 | A ---, cricketer whose 2010 England Test debut was against Bangladesh at Old Trafford |
| 50% | SYMONDS | 7 | A -, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 |
| 49% | MORRIS | 6 | A R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 182 against England at Headingley in 1948 |
| 49% | LEWIS | 5 | A R ---, England Test cricketer who hit 125 against India at Kanpur in 1973 |
| 49% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 48% | TUDOR | 5 | A J —, England Test cricketer who took 5-44 against Australia at Nottingham in 2001 |
| 48% | LAMB | 4 | A J —, England Test cricketer who hit 139 against India at Lord's in 1990 |
| 48% | FLINTOFF | 8 | A —, England Test cricketer who took 5-92 against Australia at Lord's in 2009 |
| 48% | PETERSEN | 8 | A N —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 182 against England at Leeds in 2012 |
| 48% | KALLICHARRAN | 12 | A I —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 187 against India at Mumbai in 1978 |
| 48% | GILCHRIST | 9 | A C —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 144 against Sri Lanka at Kandy in 2004 |
| 48% | TRY | 3 | Put to a test |
| 48% | FALSE | 5 | F on a test |
| 48% | FEELER | 6 | It's a test |
| 48% | ASSAY | 5 | This is a test |
| 48% | TRUE | 4 | T on a test |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | This is a test |