| 100% | SEMI | 4 | Either of two games in the round before the finals |
| 58% | SEMIS | 5 | Tournament games in the round right before the finals |
| 56% | SEMI | 4 | Either of the two Final Four games |
| 52% | SEMIS | 5 | The game rounds before the finals |
| 50% | SEMI | 4 | Game before the final round, briefly |
| 49% | SEMI | 4 | Game before the final round, for short |
| 49% | RUNE | 4 | Either of two in the Bluetooth logo |
| 48% | SEMIFINAL | 9 | Game in the next-to-last round of a tournament |
| 47% | TAILOR | 6 | Either of two characters in "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
| 46% | ESS | 3 | Either of the two leads in Seven Samurai? |
| 46% | LION | 4 | Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library |
| 46% | EYETOOTH | 8 | Either of the two canines in the upper jaw |
| 46% | JACK | 4 | Either of the two highest trump cards in euchre |
| 45% | KIDNEY | 6 | Either of two bean-shaped organs in man that filter waste products from the blood |
| 45% | ROSELAVELLE | 11 | Midfielder for the USWNT who won the Bronze Ball award and scored one of the two goals in the team's World Cup final game victory over 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MEGANRAPINOE | 12 | Co-captain of the USWNT who won the Golden Ball award and scored one of the two goals in the team's World Cup final game victory over 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RAHN | 4 | Helmut —, scorer of two goals for West Germany in the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final |
| 44% | SEMIS | 5 | Round before the finals |
| 44% | SEMI | 4 | Round before the final |
| 44% | SEMIS | 5 | Round before the final |
| 44% | TONSIL | 6 | Either of two small masses of lymphatic tissue in the throat, one on each side of the pharynx |
| 43% | SEMIS | 5 | Round before the finals, for short |
| 43% | SEMIS | 5 | Rounds before the finals, for short |
| 43% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 43% | ANTE | 4 | Remove a card before the start of the game, in Magic: The Gathering |
| 42% | ESDRAS | 6 | Either of two books of the Apocrypha |
| 42% | MTIDA | 5 | Either of two peaks in Greek myth |
| 42% | APSIS | 5 | Either of two extremes in an orbit |
| 42% | SEMIS | 5 | Tournament round before the finals |
| 42% | SEMIS | 5 | Playoff round before the finals |