| 100% | BAD | 3 | Of a poor standard |
| 66% | LOSS | 4 | Result of a poor investment |
| 66% | ISTUNK | 6 | Acknowledgment of a poor performance |
| 64% | TIMELAG | 7 | Result of a poor audio connection, perhaps |
| 60% | LORES | 5 | A poor image, in terms of pixels: Hyph. |
| 60% | HIHAT | 5 | Part of a standard drum kit |
| 60% | IRENE | 5 | Dedicatee of a Lead Belly standard |
| 60% | IDEAL | 5 | A standard of perfection |
| 59% | SENSE | 5 | One of a standard group of five |
| 59% | FRI | 3 | End of a standard work week: Abbr. |
| 59% | NINTH | 5 | Final inning of a standard baseball game |
| 59% | LOWGRADE | 8 | Not of a high quality or standard |
| 59% | INCH | 4 | Approximate length of a standard paper clip |
| 59% | HOUSEDRESSING | 13 | Part of a restaurant's standard salad |
| 59% | AIL | 3 | A state of poor health |
| 58% | SAT | 3 | First full day of a standard weekend: Abbr. |
| 57% | TBSP | 4 | 1/8 of a standard stick of butter: Abbr. |
| 57% | CENSOR | 6 | Member of a network's standards and practices department |
| 57% | ANAPEST | 7 | Standard part of a limerick |
| 57% | BOILERPLATE | 11 | Standard wording of a contract |
| 56% | KARAT | 5 | Standard of purity that sounds like a vegetable |
| 56% | PAR | 3 | Standard number of golf strokes for a hole |
| 55% | MILK | 4 | Standard part of a food pyramid |
| 55% | PARROT | 6 | Subject of a famous Monty Python satire about poor customer service |
| 55% | INFINITEJEST | 12 | Poor Yorick was a fellow of this, said Hamlet |
| 55% | UNIT | 4 | Standard of measurement like an inch or a meter |
| 54% | SIX | 3 | Number of strings on a standard guitar |
| 54% | CARD | 4 | One of 52 in a standard deck |
| 54% | DOT | 3 | One of six on a standard keyboard |
| 54% | SIX | 3 | Number of beers in a standard "pack" |