| 100% | PASS | 4 | Almost every play, in arena football |
| 49% | EIGHTMAN | 8 | Like squads in arena football |
| 46% | DOUBLEREVERSE | 13 | Trick play in football |
| 45% | SAFETIES | 8 | Two-point plays in football |
| 45% | CHROMOSOME | 10 | Almost every man in the world has one |
| 44% | ENDRUN | 6 | Evasive play in football: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TDS | 3 | 6-point plays in football: Abbr. |
| 44% | TDS | 3 | Six-point plays in football: Abbr. |
| 44% | DRIVE | 5 | Set of offensive plays, in football |
| 44% | TDS | 3 | Six-point plays in football (Abbr.) |
| 44% | RUSH | 4 | Play option in football |
| 44% | TDS | 3 | Six-point plays in football, for short |
| 44% | FGS | 3 | Three-point plays in football, for short |
| 43% | SAFETY | 6 | Two-point play, in football |
| 43% | TDS | 3 | Six-point plays, in football: Abbr. |
| 43% | TDS | 3 | 6-point plays, in football: Abbr. |
| 42% | ONE | 3 | Start of almost every ZIP code in New York |
| 42% | KICKOFF | 7 | Method of starting play in a game of football |
| 42% | BRAZIL | 6 | Only country to have played in every World Cup |
| 41% | BRAZIL | 6 | Only nation to have played in every FIFA World Cup |
| 41% | SAFETY | 6 | Two-point play in American football |
| 40% | LUIGI | 5 | Character who can be played in every installment of 26-Down |
| 40% | FREEKICK | 8 | In football, used to restart play after a foul |
| 40% | PUNT | 4 | Common play on fourth down, in football |
| 40% | SNAP | 4 | Action that puts a football in play |
| 40% | KILLER | 6 | Role in almost every whodunit |
| 39% | XFL | 3 | Football league that played only one season in 2001: Abbr. |
| 39% | MADRID | 6 | Real and Atletico play football in this city |
| 39% | KNEE | 4 | Take a ___ (end a play intentionally, in football) |
| 39% | OLDMAN | 6 | Gary __ almost played General Grievous in Star Wars |