| 100% | RAGA | 4 | Scale for Ravi |
| 59% | ONETOTEN | 8 | Scale for some judges |
| 58% | SCOVILLE | 8 | Scale for measuring pepper heat |
| 56% | SCOVILLE | 8 | Scale for measuring heat of peppers |
| 56% | LACES | 5 | New scale for fasteners |
| 56% | FUJITA | 6 | Damage scale for tornadoes |
| 56% | LACES | 5 | New scale for shoestrings |
| 55% | RICHTER | 7 | Scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes |
| 54% | SITARS | 6 | Instruments for Ravi and Anoushka Shankar |
| 53% | BLOODORANGE | 11 | Family with no scale for fruit |
| 53% | HARDNESS | 8 | Opposite of softness, scale for pencils |
| 53% | SITARIST | 8 | Ravi Shankar, for one |
| 53% | PAY | 3 | With 47 Down, scales for staff |
| 53% | WTS | 3 | Scale readings, for short |
| 53% | CMAJ | 4 | Simplest scale, for short |
| 52% | VIRGINIA | 8 | __ Apgar; developed Apgar Score scale for infants |
| 52% | FMAJ | 4 | One-flat scale, for short |
| 51% | PITON | 5 | Spike for scaling |
| 50% | CLIMB | 5 | Scale a mountain, for e.g. |
| 50% | FUJITA | 6 | Scale used for measuring tornado strength |
| 50% | WGT | 3 | Number on a scale, for short |
| 50% | WTS | 3 | Readings on bathroom scales, for short |
| 49% | LCD | 3 | Digital scale readout, for short |
| 49% | LBS | 3 | Some scale measurements, for short |
| 48% | BALANCES | 8 | Another name for weighing scales |
| 47% | CELSIUS | 7 | Alternative name for centigrade temperature scale |
| 47% | OUNCE | 5 | Weight unit for a postal scale |
| 47% | CELSIUS | 7 | Modern name for temperature scale centigrade |
| 47% | AAAS | 4 | Batteries for a digital food scale |
| 47% | LBS | 3 | Bathroom weighing scale units, for short |