| 100% | SCORE | 5 | Cross the goal line in an NFL game, say |
| 53% | SCORING | 7 | Crossing the goal line, say |
| 45% | SCORE | 5 | Cross the goal line |
| 45% | SCORING | 7 | Crossing the goal line |
| 44% | COMMANDINGLEAD | 14 | 42-7, say, in an NFL game |
| 43% | HALF | 4 | 30 minutes, in an NFL game |
| 41% | STREAK | 6 | Run uncovered during an NFL game, say? |
| 41% | HOWE | 4 | Gordie ___ hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game) |
| 40% | FINISH | 6 | Cross the line, say |
| 40% | PYLON | 5 | Vertical marker on either end of the goal line in football |
| 39% | REDZONE | 7 | Area within 20 yards of the goal line, in football |
| 39% | LOSE | 4 | Cross the finish line last, say |
| 39% | WON | 3 | Crossed the finish line first, say |
| 39% | LOSES | 5 | Crosses the finish line last, say |
| 39% | TORSO | 5 | Line in the game of hangman |
| 38% | CARL | 4 | Nassib who was the first openly gay player in an NFL game |
| 38% | HATTRICK | 8 | Sports feat whose "Gordie Howe" variant is collecting a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game |
| 37% | PITH | 4 | The white stuff in an orange, say |
| 37% | HOME | 4 | Goal in the game "Sorry!" |
| 36% | SLOT | 4 | Coin opening in an arcade game, say |
| 36% | IDLER | 5 | One in an airport taxi line, for the most part |
| 36% | WOLF | 4 | "...the lone ___ dies, but the pack survives," line said by Ned Stark in "Game of Thrones" |
| 35% | LAST | 4 | Like one who crossed the line after everyone, in a race |
| 35% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 35% | AIMED | 5 | Prepared to shoot in the game "Duck Hunt," say |
| 35% | MISMARK | 7 | Place an "X" in the wrong spot on, say |
| 35% | OLYMPIAN | 8 | An athlete who has competed in the Olympic Games |
| 35% | KILL | 4 | Leave an audience in the aisles, say |
| 35% | ANTED | 5 | Got in the game, say |
| 35% | ANTES | 5 | Gets in the game, say |