acceptable attempts?

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what is the worst no of attempts there is to get in pgy1?

There's no answer to your question. The less competitive the program, the more likely they would be to consider someone who needed multiple attempts to pass the USMLE exams. It all depends on the strength of the applicant pool each program is dealing with in a given year.