| 100% | ACE | 3 | Card that one-ups the King, in poker |
| 62% | HAND | 4 | Poker holding ... like the one spelled out in the letters that cut this puzzle's circled cards |
| 58% | ACE | 3 | Card that beats a king in the game of war |
| 52% | DEADCHEAT | 9 | Poker player in the Old West after being caught with a card up his sleeve? |
| 52% | OMRI | 4 | One of the kings in Kings |
| 51% | ACE | 3 | Card that can't lose a match-up in the card game war |
| 49% | DEUCES | 6 | Cards that may be "wild" in poker |
| 49% | TUT | 3 | One of the kings in the Valley of the Kings, informally |
| 48% | ACE | 3 | Card that may be up one's sleeve |
| 48% | ACE | 3 | Card that might be up one's sleeve |
| 48% | CLEF | 4 | One that heads up the staff |
| 48% | BABYMONITOR | 11 | One that picks up the kids? |
| 47% | LOWLINESS | 9 | One of the king-becoming graces that Macbeth lacks |
| 47% | ACE | 3 | Top card that can beat the king |
| 47% | SENIOR | 6 | One in the upper class |
| 47% | ACE | 3 | Card that can't fill an inside straight in poker |
| 47% | JOKER | 5 | Extra card that may be "wild" in poker |
| 47% | ACE | 3 | Card beside the king in a royal flush |
| 46% | FIREWORKS | 9 | Rockets that light up the sky in celebrations |
| 46% | DOE | 3 | One that brings in the bucks? |
| 46% | HIERARCH | 8 | One way up in the rankings |
| 46% | ACE | 3 | Card that may be "in the hole" or "up my sleeve" |
| 46% | HERON | 5 | Wingspan card that's played in the wetland habitat |
| 46% | ANTE | 4 | Amount bet in poker before the cards are dealt |
| 46% | ANTES | 5 | Puts up the first chips in a poker pot |
| 46% | SUSPECTS | 8 | Round up the usual ones, like in the movie |
| 46% | COFFEEPOT | 9 | One that's "perky" in the morning |
| 46% | FINALGIRL | 9 | The one that gets away, in movies |
| 46% | STRAW | 5 | One might wind up in the drink |
| 46% | EGGBEATERS | 10 | Ones whipping things up in the kitchen? |