| 100% | ASTROS | 6 | First pro team to play on artificial turf |
| 70% | ASTROS | 6 | First Major Leaguers to play on artificial turf |
| 44% | ASTROS | 6 | First baseball team to play in a dome |
| 43% | PICKME | 6 | “I want to play on the team!” |
| 43% | ASTROS | 6 | First M.L.B. team to use artificial turf in its stadium |
| 42% | STEPASIDE | 9 | Make way for pets to play on a team |
| 41% | IDLE | 4 | Not scheduled to play, as a pro team |
| 37% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway |
| 36% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | First actor to play James Bond on the big screen (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HARTNELL | 8 | William, first to play lead role on Doctor Who |
| 35% | LARAMS | 6 | Team to play in SoFi Stadium |
| 34% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that likes to play on riverbanks |
| 33% | POLO | 4 | Team sport played on horseback |
| 33% | METS | 4 | Last team to play in the Polo Grounds |
| 33% | PRANKS | 6 | Practical jokes or tricks to play on someone |
| 33% | TURN | 4 | Chance to play, on game night |
| 33% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, first actor to play Superman on screen, 1948 |
| 32% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that might make a waterslide to play on |
| 32% | ACT | 3 | To play a part on a stage |
| 32% | SERVE | 5 | Wait to play first shot |
| 32% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, first actor to play Superman on the big screen |
| 32% | QUIDDITCH | 9 | Team sport played on broomsticks in Harry Potter |
| 32% | SERVE | 5 | Wait to play the first shot |
| 32% | POOLTABLE | 9 | Furniture to play eight-ball on |
| 32% | STARTING | 8 | On the first team |
| 31% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 31% | WII | 3 | What to play Super Mario Galaxy on |
| 31% | SIMULIU | 7 | First Asian actor to play a Marvel superhero |
| 31% | BEANIE | 6 | Feldstein, set to play Monica Lewinsky on TV |
| 30% | AWAYGAMES | 9 | Team competitions played on the opposition's home field: 2 wds. |