| 100% | ACCIDENT | 8 | Event that happens suddenly and unexpectedly |
| 49% | ABRUPTLY | 8 | Suddenly and unexpectedly |
| 44% | 1994WORLDSERIES | 15 | Event that didn't happen |
| 43% | NEAP | 4 | __ tide (ocean event that happens twice a month |
| 43% | NEAP | 4 | ___ tide (ocean event that happens twice a month) |
| 42% | RIOT | 4 | Historic event that happened at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 |
| 42% | STORMS | 6 | Events that often come with thunder and lightning |
| 41% | PARLORXGAMES | 12 | Event that includes Snowboarding Charades and Motocross 20 Questions? |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | Event that may feature a king and queen (Dodge) |
| 40% | RACE | 4 | Event that 18a, 33a and 45a would participate in |
| 39% | SALE | 4 | Store event that often happens during a holiday season |
| 39% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling of a current event that's happened before |
| 39% | PROM | 4 | High school event that often elects a king and queen |
| 39% | STORM | 5 | Weather event that's cause for special drains and windows |
| 38% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Astronomical event that marks summer and winter |
| 37% | DAILY | 5 | *Something that happens every day, and a typical word in newspaper titles |
| 37% | UNITED | 6 | Model ___ Nations, school event that teaches students about diplomacy and international relations |
| 37% | FLASHMOB | 8 | Group that suddenly appears and dances in public |
| 37% | XGAMES | 6 | Annual event that includes snocross and ski superpipe |
| 36% | SHOOTING | 8 | Sport that has skeet, running deer and trap events |
| 35% | FREESTYLE | 9 | Wrestling type that has men's and women's events |
| 35% | VETERANSDAY | 11 | November event that honors men and women in uniform (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MEME | 4 | Something that's suddenly all over Facebook and Twitter |
| 33% | SKITEAM | 7 | Winter Olympics squad that competes in downhill and cross-country events: 2 wds. |
| 33% | STARTER | 7 | ___ Pistol, loud shot that is fired to kick off track and field events |
| 33% | MAD | 3 | Satire magazine that publishes an annual "20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things" list |
| 33% | SOYEAH | 6 | "And, uh, that's what happened" |
| 32% | BEAM | 4 | Gymnastic event that the US' Laurie Hernandez and Simone Biles received silver and bronze for at the 2016 Olympics |
| 32% | PTA | 3 | School group that organizes fundraisers and events: Abbr. |
| 32% | GLOBE | 5 | The Golden ___ Awards, Hollywood-based event in California that celebrates achievements in TV and film |