| 100% | GAMBIT | 6 | A stratagem; an opening move in chess |
| 73% | GAMBIT | 6 | An opening move in chess involving sacrifice |
| 62% | GAMBIT | 6 | A move in chess used to gain an early advantage |
| 60% | GAMBIT | 6 | Opening move in chess |
| 53% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move in a game of chess |
| 50% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last few moves in a chess match |
| 49% | OSTIATE | 7 | Having an opening, like pores in a sponge |
| 49% | PAWN | 4 | First piece moved in a game of Chess, often |
| 49% | PLANET | 6 | Celestial body moving in an orbit around a star |
| 49% | GAMBIT | 6 | Stratagem, chess opening move |
| 48% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
| 48% | PAWN | 4 | Usually the first piece moved in a game of chess |
| 48% | PAWN | 4 | Sacrifice in a gambit chess opening |
| 47% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Chess situation in which any move is a bad move |
| 46% | WHUP | 4 | A can of this might be opened in an argument |
| 46% | CLEARING | 8 | In a forest, an open space of land |
| 46% | CRAP | 4 | ___ out (roll an opening 2, 3, or 12, in a casino dice game) |
| 44% | KNIGHT | 6 | Chess piece that moves in an L-shaped direction |
| 44% | PAWN | 4 | Element of an English Opening in chess |
| 44% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Term in chess for a situation in which any move would worsen a player’s position |
| 43% | ROCK | 4 | Fist that's defeated by an open palm, in a game |
| 43% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Last move in chess |
| 43% | MATE | 4 | Winning move in chess |
| 43% | SAC | 3 | Any chess move in which one gives up a piece, informally |
| 42% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move in chess match |
| 42% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Last, winning move in chess |
| 42% | ENPASSANT | 9 | Special pawn move in chess |
| 42% | OPENED | 6 | Made the first move in chess |
| 42% | PAWN | 4 | First piece moved in chess, often |
| 41% | DIP | 3 | Move in a ballroom |