| 100% | ANTED | 5 | Bought into a Hold 'em game |
| 67% | ANTE | 4 | Buy into a poker game |
| 53% | ANTESUP | 7 | Buys into a round |
| 49% | ANTES | 5 | Buys into the poker game |
| 46% | ANTE | 4 | Get into a poker game, say |
| 45% | ANTE | 4 | Payment to get into a card game |
| 45% | POKER | 5 | Card game with a Texas hold 'em variety |
| 45% | STOW | 4 | Load, as luggage into a ship's hold |
| 45% | DOORWAY | 7 | Entrance into a room, holds a hinged barrier |
| 44% | ANTE | 4 | Buy-in in a hand of Texas hold 'em |
| 44% | ANTE | 4 | Buy-in amount, in a poker game |
| 44% | DARTS | 5 | Game often played while holding a beer |
| 43% | TIED | 4 | Like a game headed into overtime |
| 42% | TWISTER | 7 | Game where players hold positions on a square mat |
| 42% | TIED | 4 | Like a game heading into extra innings |
| 42% | TIE | 3 | Cause of a game going into overtime |
| 42% | EVENER | 6 | Shot that sends a game into overtime |
| 42% | EVENER | 6 | Goal that sends a game into overtime |
| 42% | TIE | 3 | Situation that sends a game into overtime |
| 42% | TIEITUP | 7 | Force a game into extra innings, say |
| 41% | TIE | 3 | Why a game might go into sudden death |
| 41% | YEN | 3 | You might buy a Nintendo game with this |
| 41% | CONCESSIONSTAND | 15 | Place to buy snacks at a football game |
| 41% | ACES | 4 | Rockets, to a Hold’em player |
| 40% | DISREPUTE | 9 | Bringing the game into __; e.g. a football scandal |
| 40% | TOPPAIR | 7 | Good hand after a hold’em flop |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | Game piece stuck into a cribbage board |
| 40% | FRIENDSTER | 10 | Social networking site of the '00s that later evolved into a social gaming site |
| 39% | MIC | 3 | Equipment a game show host would speak into, for short |
| 39% | TIE | 3 | Why a baseball game would go into the 10th inning |