| 100% | JOCKS | 5 | One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe |
| 44% | NOBLEGASES | 10 | One column in the periodic table |
| 44% | KITER | 5 | One standing in the wind, maybe |
| 43% | TOT | 3 | One in the "terrible twos," maybe |
| 41% | MAG | 3 | AARP was the highest-circulation one in '23 |
| 41% | BLEU | 4 | Corbin —, actor-dancer who played Chad Danforth in the High School Musical TV movie and film trilogy |
| 41% | BAYSIDE | 7 | ___ High School, fictional school featured in "Saved by the Bell" |
| 41% | LEFTJAB | 7 | The "one" in "the old one-two," maybe |
| 40% | LANALANG | 8 | High school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 40% | FRESHMAN | 8 | Student in the first year of high school or college |
| 40% | LAT | 3 | Alaska has the highest one in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 40% | MELD | 4 | Put one's cards on the table, maybe |
| 40% | XXXX | 4 | Highest room in the house, maybe |
| 40% | ESCROWEE | 8 | One in the process of purchasing a house, maybe |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | One of the four highest cards in a deck |
| 40% | OVERCALL | 8 | In bridge, a bid higher than the preceding one |
| 40% | YEAR | 4 | A school one starts in the fall |
| 39% | SLICED | 6 | Hit one in the trees, maybe |
| 39% | LANG | 4 | Lana —, high school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series |
| 39% | GLEE | 4 | US television comedy-drama series set in the fictitious William McKinley High School |
| 38% | ZITS | 4 | Bad marks in high school, maybe |
| 38% | CHEF | 4 | School figure who is in charge of food served at the cafeteria |
| 38% | GLEE | 4 | 2009-15 US television comedy-drama series set in the fictitious William McKinley High School |
| 37% | ALTO | 4 | "High" in the Pyrenees, maybe? |
| 37% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___" (J.D. Salinger novel often read in high school) |
| 37% | MESA | 4 | Table in the desert |
| 37% | MOST | 4 | In the highest degree |
| 37% | LUNCHLADY | 9 | Cafeteria school chef Doris in the Simpsons |
| 37% | BPLUS | 5 | In the high eighties, usually |
| 37% | CTU | 3 | One of the largest Roman Catholic graduate schools of theology, located in Chicago: Abbr. |