| 100% | UNO | 3 | "I'm close to winning!" game cry |
| 52% | GIN | 3 | Winning game cry |
| 45% | BADAT | 5 | Unlikely to win a game of |
| 43% | GIN | 3 | Winning cry in a card game |
| 43% | PURSUIT | 7 | Collect six wedges to win this game, Trivial __ |
| 43% | BYANOSE | 7 | Close way to win |
| 42% | STAND | 5 | The Police's "Don't ___ So Close to Me" |
| 42% | GAH | 3 | "Why is this happening to me?!" cry |
| 42% | TAKE | 4 | "___ Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 42% | TAKE | 4 | “___ Me Out to the Ball Game” |
| 42% | SOSAD | 5 | "Makes me want to cry" |
| 42% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move to end a game of chess |
| 41% | TAG | 3 | Game in which to cry "You're it!" |
| 41% | OUT | 3 | "Take Me ___ to the Ball Game" |
| 41% | MOYER | 5 | Jamie ___, oldest pitcher in major-league history to win a game |
| 41% | SETPOINT | 8 | In tennis, the last one to win a group of games |
| 40% | INOT | 4 | How some close NFL games are won |
| 40% | INOT | 4 | When some close games are won, briefly |
| 40% | DIZZYDEAN | 9 | Last N.L. pitcher to win 30 games in a season (1934) |
| 40% | UNO | 3 | "I'm down to my last card!" in a certain game |
| 40% | ORGAN | 5 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" instrument |
| 39% | EZRACOLLECTIVE | 14 | "Where I'm Meant To Be" jazz quintet who won the 2023 Mercury Prize (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CLEMENS | 7 | Only starting pitcher since 1971 to win a league M.V.P. award |
| 39% | INDIAN | 6 | ← Member of the only team to win this many games in a season |
| 39% | OTTO | 4 | Kristin ___, first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic games |
| 39% | LESLEY | 6 | __ Gore, I'll Cry If I Want To singer |
| 39% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument for "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 39% | ORGAN | 5 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" keyboard instrument |
| 39% | WALTZ | 5 | ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game,'' e.g. |