| 100% | SORE | 4 | "Playing ball after so long has left my body feeling really ___ the next day" |
| 29% | BESORE | 6 | Feel it the next day |
| 29% | ACHE | 4 | Feel it the next day, say |
| 29% | ACHES | 5 | Feels it the next day, say |
| 28% | LINEOUT | 7 | Method of restarting play in rugby union after the ball has gone into touch |
| 25% | ACHED | 5 | Really felt it after leg day |
| 25% | ACHE | 4 | Feel a marathon the next day |
| 24% | SORE | 4 | Really feeling the aches after a deep-tissue massage |
| 24% | SORE | 4 | Feeling the aftermath of a long day of work |
| 24% | LATECALL | 8 | It may come long after the play |
| 24% | LINGER | 6 | Stay after everyone else has left the party, say |
| 24% | STARTFROMSCRATCH | 16 | Resume play after accidentally sinking the white pool ball? |
| 24% | NAMESAKE | 8 | We have the same name, so he's my ___ |
| 22% | COWBOYS | 7 | Dallas ___, the team which has been playing a match on every Thanksgiving Day |
| 22% | CRASH | 5 | Hit the hay after a long day |
| 22% | ICETEA | 6 | Long Island drink that doesn't have any of the stuff after which it's named |
| 22% | NOON | 4 | Halfway to the next day |
| 22% | ACHE | 4 | Feeling you might have after a long workout |
| 22% | ACHES | 5 | Is sore the next day, say |
| 21% | MARITA | 6 | ___ Geraghty, "This Is My Life" actress who plays Nancy in the 1993 film "Groundhog Day" |
| 21% | ISOUT | 5 | Has left the office |
| 21% | ATLAST | 6 | Etta James classic with the lines, "My love has come along / My lonely days are over" |
| 21% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree whose leaves are attached by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind |
| 21% | AWOL | 4 | Having left the company, maybe |
| 21% | ELVIS | 5 | "___ has left the building" |
| 21% | LEFTOVERS | 9 | Remaining food that you eat the next day |
| 21% | SORE | 4 | Like a gym visitor the next day, maybe |
| 21% | MID | 3 | Prefix with "night" to start the next day |
| 21% | ISOUT | 5 | Has left the office, e.g. |
| 21% | SIXTYONE | 8 | The next prime number after 59 |