| 100% | RON | 3 | "Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life" memoirist Darling |
| 32% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Author of novels My Michael and Panther in the Basement |
| 32% | CARS | 4 | Tokens in the Game of Life |
| 32% | CAR | 3 | Token in The Game of Life |
| 32% | CARS | 4 | Vehicles in the game of Life |
| 32% | CAR | 3 | Vehicle in the game of Life |
| 31% | CAR | 3 | Game piece in Hasbro's The Game of Life |
| 31% | CAIN | 4 | Big brother of Abel and Seth, in the Bible |
| 31% | PAYDAY | 6 | Recurrent space in The Game of Life |
| 31% | COMB | 4 | Weapons and equipment in the "Medal of Honor" video game franchise, say |
| 31% | CAR | 3 | Player's token in the Game of Life |
| 31% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 31% | CENTER | 6 | The Comic ___ of Pasadena, the store frequented by Sheldon, Raj, Howard, and Leonard in "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 30% | ANIMAL | 6 | One of many seen in the board games Ark Nova and New York Zoo |
| 30% | SPIN | 4 | First step of a turn in The Game of Life |
| 30% | AJLANGER | 8 | "My So-Called Life" actress who now holds the title Countess of Devon and lives in an English castle: 3 wds. |
| 30% | SAMREINHART | 11 | Florida Panthers center who led the team in scoring in the regular season and scored the winning goal in Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DESTROYER | 9 | A large, fast warship - one of the biggest in the game "Battleship" |
| 29% | CERSEI | 6 | I am Jaime's twin sister and two of my children have sat on the Iron Throne in "Game of Thrones" |
| 29% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Glasgow's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1970, 1986, and 2014 |
| 29% | DEMME | 5 | Ted —, director of films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 |
| 29% | AARON | 5 | Mets reliever Heilman who got the loss in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS |
| 29% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 29% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 29% | NEO | 3 | "The Matrix" hero who said, "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life" |
| 29% | MEADOWBANK | 10 | — Stadium, Edinburgh home of the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games |
| 29% | TIME | 4 | (I've Had) the ___ of My Life," song from "Dirty Dancing" that features in season 2 of "The Office" |
| 29% | HUGHOBRIAN | 10 | Actor who starred in the title role of TV's "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp": 2 wds. |
| 29% | PELE | 4 | “My Life and the Beautiful Game” autobiographer |