| 100% | DEALT | 5 | Began a bridge game |
| 69% | TEED | 4 | Began a golf game |
| 69% | SERVED | 6 | Began a tennis game |
| 69% | SERVE | 5 | Begin a tennis game |
| 69% | SERVE | 5 | Begin a volleyball game |
| 69% | SERVES | 6 | Begins a tennis game |
| 66% | BID | 3 | Declaration in a bridge game |
| 66% | EAST | 4 | Seat at a bridge game |
| 64% | EAST | 4 | West's partner in a bridge game |
| 63% | BID | 3 | Say "two hearts" in a bridge game, maybe |
| 63% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a bridge game |
| 62% | GUESS | 5 | Begin a game of Wordle, perhaps |
| 62% | BID | 3 | Say "one spade" in a bridge game, for example |
| 62% | BID | 3 | Action at an auction or in a bridge game |
| 62% | BID | 3 | Say "one heart" in a bridge game, for example |
| 61% | BID | 3 | Say "one no-trump" in a bridge game, for example |
| 61% | BID | 3 | Say "three no trump" in a bridge game, for example |
| 57% | SEIZETHEDAISY | 13 | Begin a game of "She loves me, she loves me not ..."? |
| 56% | PLAYBALL | 8 | What an umpire shouts to begin a game: 2 wds. |
| 54% | CLUE | 4 | Board game that begins with a murder |
| 53% | WHIST | 5 | Card game for four; a forerunner of bridge |
| 53% | THRONES | 7 | A Song of Ice and Fire begins with A Game of __ |
| 52% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a game of bridge |
| 52% | PEP | 3 | Talk given by the coach before a game begins |
| 52% | XXXXX | 5 | Where both queens begin a chess game |
| 51% | STARMAN | 7 | 1984 Jeff Bridges film that begins with a UFO crash |
| 49% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score of a tennis game about to begin |
| 49% | PONTOON | 7 | Floating bridge and a card game |
| 48% | TEED | 4 | "___ off" (Began a game of golf) |
| 48% | TEES | 4 | ___ off (begins a game of golf) |