| 100% | AGONY | 5 | "The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat" ("Wide World of Sports" opening words) |
| 82% | AGONY | 5 | "The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat" ("Wide World of Sports" intro) |
| 59% | AGONY | 5 | "The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat" |
| 51% | AGONY | 5 | "... the __ of defeat": "Wide World of Sports" phrase |
| 49% | DEFEAT | 6 | "The thrill of victory and the agony of ___" |
| 42% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century, according to an ABC Wide World of Sports poll in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DEFEAT | 6 | Thrill of victory, the agony of __ |
| 38% | ISOTONIC | 8 | Word applied to sports drinks that have similar concentrations of salt and sugar as the human body |
| 38% | BERNERSLEE | 10 | Tim, honored at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremonies as the "Inventor of the World Wide Web" |
| 37% | MCKAY | 5 | Longtime "ABC's Wide World of Sports" host |
| 36% | AUSTRALIAN | 10 | ___ Open, first annual Grand Slam tennis event of the year and the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere |
| 36% | TELEOLOGY | 9 | The study of design and purpose in material world |
| 36% | CHOKE | 5 | Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory |
| 35% | ACURAS | 6 | ZDX, MDX and RDX of the auto world |
| 35% | JANSHERKHAN | 11 | Winner of the Men's World Open Squash Championship in 1987, 1989, 1990 and from 1992-96 |
| 35% | LOSER | 5 | One snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, say |
| 35% | ENG | 3 | Host and winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr. |
| 35% | HINGIS | 6 | 1997 winner of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open |
| 35% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | The study of word origins and meanings |
| 35% | ATOMSMASHER | 11 | The world's largest one straddles the border of France and Switzerland |
| 34% | LUX | 3 | Latin word shared by the mottoes of Yale and Tufts |
| 34% | MAHAL | 5 | Word on the New7Wonders of the World list |
| 34% | DILATION | 8 | The action of becoming wider or more open |
| 34% | WWE | 3 | Sports entertainment company associated with the likes of Yokozuna and Hulk Hogan: Abbr. |
| 34% | BOLT | 4 | Usain ___, athlete who won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2017 |
| 34% | TAROT | 5 | Holder of The Sun and The World |
| 34% | SHOWBIZ | 7 | Informal word for the world of celebrities |
| 34% | MCKAY | 5 | "Wide World of Sports" host Jim |
| 34% | ROONE | 5 | "Wide World of Sports" creator Arledge |
| 33% | NOVAK | 5 | ___ Djokovic, tennis player who won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019 |