| 100% | GPA | 3 | Number that decreases if you get an F in a class: Abbr. |
| 63% | GPA | 3 | Number that drops if you get an F: Abbr. |
| 50% | FLUNK | 5 | Get an F in a class |
| 49% | PASS | 4 | Avoid getting an F in a class |
| 45% | GPA | 3 | Number that goes up when you get an A+: Abbr. |
| 41% | PASS | 4 | Avoid an F in a class |
| 37% | SECOND | 6 | If you get a silver medal, you came in __ place |
| 36% | SING | 4 | Get an A in a music class, say? |
| 35% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film that becomes a 1996 film if you add an F at the beginning |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Rank you get if you come first in a test |
| 34% | FAIL | 4 | Get an F in |
| 33% | MISSPELL | 8 | Get an F in physics? |
| 33% | SQUAT | 5 | Leg workout in which you lower your body as if sitting in an invisible chair, and something that can be a part of your home workout |
| 32% | AFTA | 4 | Shaving brand that becomes a well-known treaty if you put an "N" in front |
| 32% | LOST | 4 | "Call Me If You Get ___," album by Tyler, the Creator that won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2022 |
| 31% | BEAT | 4 | Rhythmic unit that you may keep in mind while composing a disco number |
| 31% | EXTS | 4 | Numbers that might just get you out of voicemail hell (abbr.) |
| 31% | FAIL | 4 | Get an F on a test, say |
| 31% | BOMBS | 5 | Gets an F on a test, say |
| 31% | PASS | 4 | Avoid an F in class |
| 31% | INTEREST | 8 | Money that you receive from a bank for keeping money in an account there |
| 30% | OVERHEARD | 9 | Got an earful, in a way |
| 30% | SICE | 4 | Best throw you could get on a die in an early English game of Hazard |
| 30% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument if you add an F at the beginning |
| 30% | ACED | 4 | Got an A in |
| 30% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 30% | CHA | 3 | Word which if said in your Vietnamese restaurant might well get you a couple of sausages |
| 30% | ATM | 3 | Device that lets you skip the lines in a bank: Abbr. |
| 30% | BOA | 3 | Snake that becomes a pig if you add an R |
| 30% | XXXXX | 5 | Largish combo (and a hint to the number of letters in each country that you'll need) |