| 100% | PSST | 4 | Sound that gets an exam proctor's attention |
| 49% | AHEM | 4 | Throat-clearing sound that gets attention |
| 48% | PSST | 4 | Whispered sound that's meant to get someone's attention |
| 47% | PSST | 4 | Sound heard by an exam proctor, say |
| 43% | AHEM | 4 | Throat-clearing sound that might be used to get attention |
| 41% | POTOFTEA | 8 | Drink quantity that gets smaller if you add an S at the beginning |
| 41% | EDITOR | 6 | Wordsmith that gets an author's book into shape |
| 41% | AHEM | 4 | Attention-getting sound that's not "psst" |
| 40% | BSHARP | 6 | Note that sounds like an order to get with it? |
| 39% | PLOP | 4 | Sound that's before "fizz" in an Alka-Seltzer jingle |
| 39% | ORAL | 4 | Like an exam that's taken by speaking |
| 38% | HIC | 3 | Repeated sound that's hard to get rid of |
| 38% | SLAMDUNKTEST | 12 | Exam that's an easy A? |
| 38% | TRUEFA | 6 | Exams that students get F's on? |
| 37% | BAA | 3 | Sound from an animal that's being sheared |
| 37% | PSST | 4 | Tip-off for an exam proctor |
| 37% | IMAX | 4 | Film format that got an Oscar |
| 37% | PSST | 4 | Sound used to discreetly get somebody's attention |
| 36% | HOOT | 4 | Sound that an owl makes |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | Question that sounds like an owl's sound |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | Question that sounds like an owl's cry |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | Question that sounds like an owl's call |
| 36% | NAT | 3 | Boy's nickname that sounds like an insect |
| 35% | BPOSITIVE | 9 | Blood type that sounds like an optimist's advice |
| 35% | PSST | 4 | Discreet sound for getting someone's attention |
| 35% | PSST | 4 | Whispered sound to get someone's attention |
| 35% | PSST | 4 | Covert sound to get someone's attention |
| 35% | PSST | 4 | Discreet sound to get someone's attention |
| 35% | AHEM | 4 | Sound made to get someone's attention |
| 35% | PSST | 4 | Whispered sound for getting someone's attention |