| 100% | PITS | 4 | The absolute worst, with "the" |
| 82% | PITS | 4 | Absolute worst, with "the" |
| 73% | ABJECT | 6 | The absolute worst |
| 68% | SATAN | 5 | He’s the absolute worst |
| 67% | FATALLY | 7 | With the worst consequences |
| 63% | ACHILLES | 8 | Guy with the bad heel |
| 63% | SCRAPES | 7 | ___ the bottom of the barrel (deals with the bad remaining options) |
| 62% | WARTSANDALL | 11 | Everything, the good with the bad |
| 62% | YANKEES | 7 | "Gone With the Wind" bad guys |
| 60% | THREE | 5 | "The ___ Little Pigs" (fable with the Big Bad Wolf) |
| 60% | NICKCAVE | 8 | Australian musician who sings with the Bad Seeds |
| 60% | JIMMYDEAN | 9 | Singer with the 1961 hit "Big Bad John" |
| 58% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Musical movement associated with the Black hardcore band Bad Brains |
| 56% | PITS | 4 | Worst possible situation, with "the" |
| 56% | QUIET | 5 | With 4-Down, do the absolute minimum at one's job, in modern lingo |
| 55% | PITS | 4 | Very bad, with "the" |
| 55% | WORLDS | 6 | John Grogan's "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the ___ Worst Dog" |
| 52% | ROOM | 4 | 2003 cult film known as the "'Citizen Kane' of bad movies," with "The" |
| 51% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Donna Summer hit with the lyric “’Cause when I’m bad / I’m so, so bad” |
| 51% | STEM | 4 | Opposite of "stern" (which looks the same as "stern" with bad kerning) |
| 50% | MOMS | 4 | "Bad ___" (film with the tagline "Party like a mother") |
| 50% | LURCH | 5 | Bad thing to be left in, with "the" |
| 50% | SWIFT | 5 | Taylor with the No. 1 hit "Bad Blood" |
| 50% | VISION | 6 | The sense associated with the eyes |
| 50% | PITS | 4 | Absolute worst |
| 49% | EILISH | 6 | Billie ___, singer with the 2019 #1 hit "Bad Guy" |
| 49% | GUTS | 4 | Olivia Rodrigo album with the hit "Bad Idea Right?" |
| 49% | DITKA | 5 | Coach with a famously bad 1998 rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" |
| 49% | BIGGAME | 7 | The Super Bowl, with "the" |
| 49% | NOTANY | 6 | The absolute minimum |