| 100% | CTE | 3 | Brain condition closely associated with contact sports |
| 42% | ROLLERDERBY | 11 | Contact sport devised in the US in the 1930s associated with Leo Seltzer and Damon Runyon |
| 39% | KOREAN | 6 | Cuisine closely associated with kimchi |
| 39% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Country most closely associated with kangaroos |
| 39% | BALSAM | 6 | Aromatic fir closely associated with Christmas |
| 37% | SUMO | 4 | Contact sport with a purification ritual |
| 37% | ROLLERDERBY | 11 | Contact sport with jammers, blockers, and pivots |
| 35% | TENNIS | 6 | Sport associated with Rafael Nadal |
| 35% | LACROSSE | 8 | Contact sport played with a small rubber ball and stick |
| 35% | OCD | 3 | Condition associated with hyperawareness, for short |
| 35% | WRESTLING | 9 | Sport associated with Japanese men: sumo __ |
| 34% | FOULED | 6 | Made illegal contact with, in some sports |
| 34% | SWIMMING | 8 | Sport with which Michael Phelps is associated |
| 34% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport associated with Indian star Sachin Tendulkar |
| 34% | TENNIS | 6 | Sport associated with Vienna-born Jürgen Melzer |
| 34% | TENNIS | 6 | Sport associated with Russian star Daniil Medvedev |
| 34% | BROCASAREA | 10 | Brain center associated with speech |
| 34% | GHOST | 5 | Telling ___ stories, old spooky Christmas Eve tradition that is now closely associated with Halloween |
| 33% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Musical movement associated with the Black hardcore band Bad Brains |
| 32% | LPGA | 4 | Sports org. associated with the Evian Championship |
| 32% | MOON | 4 | "Fly Me to the ___," Frank Sinatra melody that was closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program |
| 32% | SANTA | 5 | ___ Claus, popular figure associated with Christmas who sports a distinctive bushy white beard |
| 31% | LACROSSE | 8 | Team contact sport with sticks and balls that has indoor and outdoor varieties |
| 31% | MMA | 3 | Fighting sport associated with UFC, for short |
| 31% | LACROSSE | 8 | Team contact sport with sticks and balls that has a field and box version |
| 31% | FOG | 3 | Weather condition associated with London and San Francisco |
| 29% | HOCKEY | 6 | Winter Olympic sport Ice ___ which is a contact team sport played with sticks |
| 29% | ALLIED | 6 | Closely associated |
| 29% | RELATEDTO | 9 | Associated with |
| 29% | TIEDTO | 6 | Associated with |