| 100% | ARENAS | 6 | Big buildings for sporting events |
| 58% | STOPWATCH | 9 | Timing device for sporting events |
| 55% | ARENA | 5 | Place for sporting events |
| 53% | STADIUM | 7 | Large venue used for sporting events |
| 53% | STADIUM | 7 | Venue for sporting events, concerts etc |
| 53% | ARENA | 5 | Big venue for sports |
| 52% | COBOARENA | 9 | Detroit venue for sporting events and concerts |
| 52% | ARENAS | 6 | Venues for sporting events and rock concerts |
| 52% | SUPERBOWLMONDAY | 15 | Rain date for a big sports event? |
| 52% | ARENA | 5 | Enclosed area for sports events and spectacles |
| 51% | KOREA | 5 | Region with a Unification Flag for sporting events |
| 51% | RACEWAY | 7 | Place for sports events involving horses or cars |
| 51% | RODEO | 5 | Sporting event for cowboys and cowgirls |
| 50% | BOWL | 4 | Big sports event |
| 49% | WJC | 3 | Global sporting event for teens: Abbr. |
| 49% | ARENAS | 6 | Theatres for sports or other events |
| 49% | NIKE | 4 | Big sports event sponsor |
| 49% | XXXX | 4 | Sport for big guys |
| 48% | OLYMPICS | 8 | Sporting event scheduled for 2020 in Tokyo, with "the" |
| 48% | IOC | 3 | Authority responsible for the biggest international sports event: Abbr. |
| 48% | REF | 3 | Official at a sporting event, for short |
| 48% | RELEASES | 8 | Big events for film studios |
| 48% | IPO | 3 | Big event for a corp. |
| 48% | PROAMS | 6 | Sporting events where big-leaguers team up with casual players |
| 48% | SPONSORS | 8 | Companies who fund sporting events for ad purposes |
| 47% | REF | 3 | Whistle blower at a sports event, for short |
| 47% | JAGS | 4 | Big-ticket sports cars, for short |
| 47% | IPO | 3 | Big 2012 event for Facebook: Abbr. |
| 47% | IPO | 3 | Big event for a startup, briefly |
| 47% | PROM | 4 | Big event for high school seniors |