| 100% | NIM | 3 | Ancient game much studied in game theory |
| 66% | NIM | 3 | Game often studied in game theory |
| 46% | NIM | 3 | Game often cited in combinatorial game theory |
| 46% | ZEROSUM | 7 | Like chess, in game theory |
| 42% | JOHNNASH | 8 | Mathematician, nobel laureate, studied game theory |
| 41% | BOCCE | 5 | Ball game first played in ancient Rome |
| 41% | OLYMPICS | 8 | International games that began in Ancient Greece |
| 40% | NERDY | 5 | Like most characters in The Big Bang Theory |
| 40% | LUDOLOGY | 8 | Study or interest in board games |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | Most valuable card in many games |
| 40% | BOX | 3 | Most board games come in one |
| 40% | MADDEN | 6 | __ NFL the most popular football game in the US |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | Highest card in most trick-taking games |
| 39% | PCS | 3 | Machines in most gaming rigs |
| 39% | EXCELLING | 9 | Doing better than most others in a field of study |
| 39% | ASIA | 4 | Continent with the most territories in the board game Risk |
| 39% | ETILES | 6 | Most plentiful pieces in a certain board game |
| 39% | BASS | 4 | Most popular game fish in the U.S. |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Highest card in most card games |
| 38% | NINE | 4 | Inning count in most baseball games |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Top card in most poker games |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | The highest card in most games |
| 38% | NINTH | 5 | Last inning in most baseball games |
| 38% | ACES | 4 | High cards in most card games |
| 38% | TAMPA | 5 | Florida metro area that hosted four Super Bowl games, most recently in 2009 |
| 38% | ATLANTA | 7 | Georgia metro area that hosted three Super Bowl games, most recently in 2019 |
| 38% | PHOENIX | 7 | Arizona metro area that hosted three Super Bowl games, most recently in 2015 |
| 38% | MIAMI | 5 | Florida metro area that hosted 11 Super Bowl games, most recently in 2020 |
| 38% | ECON | 4 | Subj. in which you might study the labor theory of value |
| 38% | HIDERS | 6 | Most of the kids in a certain kids' game |