| 100% | SAFE | 4 | Shout from an umpire that a baserunner hopes to hear |
| 40% | PLAYBALL | 8 | What an umpire shouts to begin a game: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SAFE | 4 | Umpire's call that a base runner wants to hear |
| 36% | POP | 3 | "___ quiz!" phrase to indicate a surprise quiz that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 35% | SETTLE | 6 | "___ down, class!" phrase to calm down a classroom that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 35% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle that often drives from an airport to a hotel |
| 35% | BUNGEEJUMPING | 13 | Adventure sport that involves jumping from a high platform, while connected to an elastic cable: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELDEN | 5 | "___ Ring," From Software's 2022 fantasy action game that follows an exile's journey to repair a broken kingdom |
| 34% | ANY | 3 | "___ questions?" question to clarify doubts at the end of a lesson that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 34% | IGOTIT | 6 | Shout from someone about to catch a ball |
| 33% | CAN | 3 | "I don't know, "___" you?" phrase to correct a student's grammar that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 33% | AIRDROPS | 8 | Transfers from an iPhone to a laptop |
| 33% | MATE | 4 | Unfortunate word to hear from a chess opponent |
| 32% | ASTRONOMER | 10 | A student hoping to become an ___ took a short-answer test... |
| 32% | CASH | 4 | Notes that a traveler may collect from an ATM |
| 32% | ZOONOSIS | 8 | Disease passed on from an animal to a human |
| 32% | WRITEOFFTHEBAT | 14 | Advice from an accountant to a baseball memorabilia collector? |
| 32% | ICOULDBEMISTAKEN | 16 | Last thing you want to hear from an ICBM expert? |
| 32% | CLEAR | 5 | "___ skies today!" (words you want to hear from a weatherman) |
| 32% | TMI | 3 | "No one wants to hear that," in a group text |
| 32% | TAXICAB | 7 | It might take you from an airport to a hotel |
| 32% | METEORITE | 9 | An object from space that falls to Earth |
| 31% | DELE | 4 | Notification from an editor or copywriter to signify a required deletion |
| 31% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 31% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that a Joe-Joe from Trader Joe's is similar to |
| 31% | HISS | 4 | Sound neither an actor nor a hiker wants to hear |
| 31% | INJURY | 6 | A concussion is an __ to the brain from a blow |
| 31% | RYE | 3 | A deli option that is an alternative to white bread |
| 31% | HISANDHEIRS | 11 | Like an estate that a father wills to his children? |
| 31% | GEORGIANS | 9 | Those from a US state or an East European country |