| 100% | TSKTSKS | 7 | Sounds of censure (max opening score of 80 points) |
| 55% | SPAZZES | 7 | Totally inept sorts (max opening score of 104 points) |
| 55% | JUJITSU | 7 | Japanese "soft art" (max opening score of 92 points) |
| 54% | XEROXED | 7 | Ran off, in a way (max opening score of 94 points) |
| 40% | TSK | 3 | Sound of censure |
| 40% | ROAR | 4 | Opening sound of an M-G-M film |
| 39% | XXXXX | 5 | Sound of an acorn opening? |
| 37% | ALPS | 4 | Mountains in the opening credits of “The Sound of Music” |
| 36% | POP | 3 | Sound of a champagne bottle opening |
| 36% | ROAR | 4 | Opening sound of an MGM film |
| 35% | LIZCAMBAGE | 10 | *Holder of the single-game W.N.B.A. scoring record (53 points) |
| 35% | ACED | 4 | Scored a fast point at the Open |
| 35% | LSAT | 4 | Exam with a max. score of 180 |
| 35% | LSATS | 5 | Exams with a max. score of 180 |
| 35% | MCAT | 4 | Exam with a max. score of 528 |
| 34% | NAS | 3 | "Emerald Point ___" of 80's TV |
| 34% | PSAT | 4 | Exam with a max score of 1520 |
| 34% | LSAT | 4 | Exam with a max score of 180 |
| 34% | APTEST | 6 | Exam with a max score of 5 |
| 34% | ALPS | 4 | High points of ''The Sound of Music'' |
| 34% | TUDUM | 5 | Official spelling of the Netflix opening sound |
| 34% | ALPS | 4 | High points in The Sound of Music |
| 33% | LEANER | 6 | One-point score, of a sort |
| 32% | TRY | 3 | Score worth five points in rugby union resulting from the grounding of the ball in the opponents' in-goal area |
| 32% | GRE | 3 | Test with a max verbal reasoning score of 170 |
| 32% | CANASTA | 7 | Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points |
| 32% | GRE | 3 | College seniors' test with a max score of 340: Abbr. |
| 32% | ONEALL | 6 | Tie score with a total of two points (2 wds.) |
| 31% | AGOAL | 5 | Score — (earn some points) |
| 31% | PSSTS | 5 | Sounds of attention-getting |