| 100% | CAROM | 5 | American term for a cannon in the game of pool |
| 52% | INFLATION | 9 | Economic term for a decline in the value of money |
| 49% | SWIMUPBAR | 9 | Place for getting drinks in the middle of a pool |
| 48% | SODA | 4 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 48% | POP | 3 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 48% | KINETIC | 7 | Common term for the energy of a body in motion |
| 46% | NEEDLEDROP | 10 | Turntable-inspired term for the use of a familiar song in a film |
| 46% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 46% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | The black sphere in a game of pool |
| 46% | MINER | 5 | Term for a worker in the cryptocurrency business |
| 45% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 44% | BOB | 3 | ___ Dylan, American singer who won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1973 |
| 44% | WHITEHOPE | 9 | Term for heavyweight boxers thought to have a chance of ending Jack Johnson's dominance of the division in the 1910s |
| 44% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 44% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 43% | DESI | 4 | Term for a member of the South Asian diaspora |
| 43% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 43% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 43% | HALFTIME | 8 | A break in the middle of a game |
| 43% | BIAS | 4 | In the game of bowls, a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl |
| 42% | YEARLING | 8 | Term for a horse between the ages of one and two |
| 42% | POLONECK | 8 | Another term for a turtleneck, popular in the UK |
| 42% | PINT | 4 | Common term for a glass of beer in England |
| 42% | TREKKIE | 7 | One term for a follower of the USS Enterprise |
| 42% | SWAM | 4 | Went for a dip in the pool |
| 42% | TRAINING | 8 | Prepping for a swim gala by exercising in the pool |
| 42% | LAYSOVER | 8 | Stops for a while in the course of a journey |
| 42% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
| 42% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
| 42% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |