| 100% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 58% | FIVE | 4 | Number of players on the court for each team in a basketball game |
| 48% | SONIC | 5 | Player on the 1979 N.B.A. championship team, for short |
| 47% | REF | 3 | Umpire in a game, for short |
| 47% | UMP | 3 | Call maker in a game, for short |
| 47% | UMP | 3 | Strike caller in a game, for short |
| 45% | POOLCUE | 7 | It has a tip for players in the game room |
| 45% | SITOUT | 6 | Stay on the bench during a game (2 wds.) |
| 44% | UMP | 3 | Person of authority in a game of baseball, for short |
| 44% | MAV | 3 | Player on the NBA team owned by Mark Cuban, for short |
| 43% | MAV | 3 | Player on a Cuban team, for short |
| 43% | NAT | 3 | Player on a D.C. baseball team, for short |
| 42% | VOCAB | 5 | All the words in a language, for short |
| 42% | PIANO | 5 | Focus of a player on the bench |
| 42% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 42% | MIL | 3 | Prize in a popular game show, for short |
| 42% | OTS | 3 | Extra pieces in a bowl, for short? |
| 41% | EJECT | 5 | Remove from a game, as for brawling on the field |
| 41% | UMP | 3 | Official in a baseball game, for short |
| 41% | REFS | 4 | Officials in a soccer game, for short |
| 41% | SUB | 3 | Player on the bench |
| 40% | HRS | 3 | The two dozen in a day, for short |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number of players on the court during a WNBA game |
| 40% | STAT | 4 | Figure on the back of a baseball card, for short |
| 40% | CUEBALL | 7 | Another name for the white in a game of snooker |
| 40% | UMP | 3 | "Foul!" crier in a baseball game, for short |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | The A in LGBTQIA, for short |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | The A in LGBTQIA , for short |
| 40% | REA | 3 | Stephen —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Crying Game |
| 40% | DAVIDSON | 8 | Jaye —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Crying Game |