| 100% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | The head of a school or amount advanced in a loan |
| 49% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | The head of a school |
| 49% | RECTOR | 6 | Head of a school or parish |
| 46% | FOAMY | 5 | Like the head of a beer or a latte |
| 46% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |
| 45% | ABBESS | 6 | The female head of a convent or community of nuns |
| 45% | ALCOVE | 6 | A recess in the wall of a room or garden |
| 44% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 44% | MINIFIG | 7 | Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal |
| 43% | LOAD | 4 | Amount in the back of a pickup, e.g. |
| 43% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 43% | MINOTAUR | 8 | Monster in Greek mythology with the head of a bull and the body of a man |
| 43% | AUREOLE | 7 | Radiance around the head of a holy person in works of art |
| 43% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 43% | TESTIMONY | 9 | A written or spoken statement in the court of law |
| 43% | WIN | 3 | Premiering in 2025! "___ or Lose," Pixar's animated TV series that captures the ups and downs of a middle school softball team |
| 43% | CAPTAIN | 7 | The man or woman in command of a ship or vessel |
| 42% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | Head of a school...or a synonym of "important" |
| 42% | OCCLUSION | 9 | Obstruction of a tube or opening in the body |
| 42% | OBSTACLE | 8 | Hurdle or encumbrance in the way of a sportsperson |
| 42% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | The head teacher of a public school |
| 42% | CEPHALIC | 8 | Of, in, or relating to the head |
| 42% | MARM | 4 | Head of the class, in pioneer schools |
| 42% | DISCONTENT | 10 | "The first step in the progress of a man or a nation," per Oscar Wilde |
| 42% | YEAN | 4 | Give birth to, in the case of a sheep or a goat (archaic term) |
| 42% | ESCROW | 6 | A bond or deed kept in the custody of a third party |
| 42% | FRESHMAN | 8 | Student in the first year of high school or college |
| 42% | TAG | 3 | Annoyance in the back of a T-shirt or bra |
| 42% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon |
| 42% | FAGIN | 5 | Head of a gang of thieves in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist |