| 100% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Board game for spies? |
| 70% | HIGHRISK | 8 | Board game for tightrope walkers? |
| 69% | OPERATION | 9 | Board game for a steady hand |
| 66% | SETUP | 5 | Prepare a board game for play |
| 65% | MOUSETRAP | 9 | Kids' board game for catching a rodent |
| 63% | STRATEGO | 8 | Board game with marshals, spies and bombs |
| 63% | BUILDING | 8 | Mouse Trap is a 3D __ board game for kids |
| 63% | OTHELLO | 7 | Board game named for a Shakespeare character |
| 62% | SPINNER | 7 | Board game substitute for a set of dice |
| 62% | CONNECT | 7 | Board game with 42 slots for tokens, __ Four |
| 61% | RISK | 4 | Board game whose name is a synonym for "peril" |
| 61% | RISK | 4 | Board game framed as a competition for global domination |
| 61% | CATAN | 5 | Board game where you might trade wool for wheat |
| 61% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | Board game named for a Beatles song: 3 wds. |
| 60% | BACKGAMMON | 10 | Board game for two played with pieces moved according to throws of a dice |
| 60% | BACKGAMMON | 10 | Board game for two played with pieces moved according to throws of a die |
| 60% | LUDO | 4 | Board game whose name derives from Latin for ‘I play’ |
| 59% | CANDYLAND | 9 | Board game for young children with the Gumdrop Mountains and gingerbread-man tokens: 2 wds. |
| 57% | PLAYS | 5 | Takes a turn in the board game Wingspan, for instance |
| 57% | CHESSSET | 8 | Board and pieces, including rook, for classic game |
| 57% | CRANIUM | 7 | Board game "For Your Whole Brain" |
| 57% | TABLETOP | 8 | Place for board games |
| 57% | SUMERIA | 7 | Board game in which players vie for control of ancient Mesopotamian city-states |
| 56% | CANDYLAND | 9 | Classic board game with characters named for sweet treats: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DEN | 3 | Room for board games, perhaps |
| 54% | LAND | 4 | Candy ___ (board game for young children) |
| 54% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Card game that uses a wooden board for scoring |
| 54% | MILTONBRADLEY | 13 | Board game publisher named for its founder, who also invented "The Game of Life" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | AGETEN | 6 | Minimum for some board games |
| 53% | TABLETOPS | 9 | Surfaces for playing board games |