| 100% | NIM | 3 | Game often studied in game theory |
| 76% | NIM | 3 | Ancient game much studied in game theory |
| 70% | NIM | 3 | Game often cited in combinatorial game theory |
| 54% | ZEROSUM | 7 | Like chess, in game theory |
| 53% | TRIVIA | 6 | Random knowledge, often used in games |
| 52% | JOHNNASH | 8 | Mathematician, nobel laureate, studied game theory |
| 51% | STARINGCONTEST | 14 | Game that often ends in tears |
| 50% | BINGO | 5 | Game of chance often played in church halls |
| 50% | APP | 3 | In-___ purchases (how phone games often make money) |
| 49% | MAN | 3 | Pac-___, '80s maze chase video game often seen in "Stranger Things" |
| 48% | ONEALL | 6 | Score early in the game, often |
| 48% | LUDOLOGY | 8 | Study or interest in board games |
| 47% | ONION | 5 | Vegetable often studied with a microscope in science classes |
| 47% | KODAK | 5 | Company often cited in business studies about disruptive innovation |
| 47% | CARP | 4 | Freshwater fish often caught in the "Animal Crossing" games |
| 47% | TORSO | 5 | Second miss in a hangman game, often |
| 47% | SCOUT | 5 | Often-sacrificed piece in the game Stratego |
| 46% | SAYS | 4 | Simon ___, kids' game with many imitators, often played in 17a |
| 45% | ECON | 4 | Subj. in which you might study the labor theory of value |
| 44% | START | 5 | Word by the first square in a board game, often |
| 43% | PAWN | 4 | First piece moved in a game of Chess, often |
| 42% | HUNT | 4 | *Treasure ___, gift pile alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game often played at camp |
| 42% | DOB | 3 | Org. whose ladies and their hogs often participate in Pride Week and the Gay Games |
| 41% | HALL | 4 | Room between the study and the lounge, in the game Clue |
| 41% | FLAG | 4 | Capture the ___, kids' game where teams sneak into each other's territory, often played in 17a |
| 40% | DRAGONS | 7 | "Dungeons & ___," fantasy role playing game that features regularly in "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 40% | CHESS | 5 | "Three-Person ___," strategy game developed by Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 40% | HOPPER | 6 | ___ car, often black-colored train card in the board game "Ticket to Ride" |
| 39% | ECON | 4 | Game theory subj. |
| 39% | DISSECTED | 9 | Studied in detail |