| 100% | ROOK | 4 | Corner piece at the start of a chess game |
| 64% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Number of pawns at the start of a game of chess |
| 60% | NOTIT | 5 | Shout at the start of a game of tag |
| 60% | IMIT | 4 | Cry at the start of a game of tag |
| 60% | NOTIT | 5 | Cry heard at the start of a game of tag |
| 59% | IRESIGN | 7 | Declaration at the end of a chess game |
| 59% | YOUIN | 5 | Query at the start of a poker game |
| 59% | IMIN | 4 | Cry at the start of a poker game |
| 59% | SCATTER | 7 | What players do at the start of a game of tag |
| 58% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 57% | QUEENSROOK | 10 | Chess piece four squares from the king at the start of the game |
| 56% | COIN | 4 | It's tossed at the start of a football game |
| 56% | DRAWS | 5 | Takes tiles, as at the start of a Scrabble game |
| 55% | LIFE | 4 | One of three at the start of a Pac-Man game |
| 55% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Said at the end of a game of chess |
| 53% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move at the end of a game of chess |
| 53% | ISAFOOT | 7 | "The game __" cried Holmes at the start of a case |
| 52% | TAKEOFF | 7 | At the start of a flight, you prepare for __ |
| 52% | FAVOR | 5 | *Cry at the start of a vote |
| 52% | FYI | 3 | Initials at the start of a memo |
| 52% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the start of a memo |
| 52% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 52% | FYI | 3 | Inits. at the start of a memo |
| 52% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |
| 52% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a set |
| 52% | TWAS | 4 | Contraction at the start of a sentence |
| 52% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 52% | EPIGRAPH | 8 | Quotation at the start of a chapter |
| 52% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a match |
| 52% | ANDWERELIVE | 11 | Phrase at the start of a broadcast |