| 100% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, sport in which teams pull opposite ends of a rope |
| 80% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, a sport involving teams pulling opposite ends of a rope |
| 54% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, sport played with a rope where players pull and try to yank the other team over the line |
| 53% | TUG | 3 | "___ of war" (game where teams pull the rope ends) |
| 47% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war (sport involving pulling a rope) |
| 44% | TUGOFWAR | 8 | Sport where two teams engage in a test of strength with a rope, last played in the Summer Olympics in 1920: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ICEHOCKEY | 9 | Team sport in which a puck functions as a ball |
| 43% | SLUMP | 5 | Opposite of a streak in sports |
| 42% | TUGS | 4 | Pulls, as a rope in a popular sport |
| 42% | TAUTENED | 8 | Like a rope in tug of war |
| 42% | DISASTERCLASS | 13 | The opposite of a clinic, in sports |
| 41% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war (game played by pulling on a rope) |
| 40% | NOOSE | 5 | End of a rope |
| 40% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 39% | BASKETBALL | 10 | A sport in which two teams attempt to score the most points by throwing a round object into a hoop |
| 39% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod |
| 38% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod race |
| 38% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 38% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 38% | PODRACING | 9 | Fictional sport in "Star Wars" that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft |
| 38% | RECUT | 5 | Like the 1997 Special Edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in which Greedo shoots first |
| 38% | PIN | 3 | End of a sporting match |
| 37% | FRAY | 4 | Become worn, like the end of a rope |
| 37% | HOLLOWCROWN | 11 | "The ___: The Wars of the Roses," a TV series in which 40a portrayed Richard III: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NOOSE | 5 | End of a hangman's rope |
| 37% | WIN | 3 | End of a sports movie, often |
| 37% | ZEE | 3 | End of a line in kindergarten |
| 37% | ZED | 3 | End of a line in England |
| 37% | NOSIDE | 6 | End of a match, in rugby |
| 37% | ZED | 3 | End of a series in Canada |