| 100% | INIT | 4 | Has a chance to win (2 wds.) |
| 77% | INIT | 4 | Having a chance to win |
| 75% | ALIVE | 5 | Still having a chance to win |
| 75% | INIT | 4 | Still having a chance to win |
| 75% | FINITE | 6 | Still having a chance to win |
| 69% | INIT | 4 | Having a shot at winning: 2 wds. |
| 62% | TOPSEED | 7 | Athlete who is expected to win a tournament: 2 wds. |
| 61% | LONGSHOT | 8 | Attempt that might have a one-in-a-million chance: 2 wds. |
| 61% | WISHI | 5 | "I ___ had a million dollars!" (request to a genie, perhaps): 2 wds. |
| 61% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 60% | EVENODDS | 8 | Fair chance, to a bettor: 2 wds. |
| 60% | INIT | 4 | With a chance to win |
| 59% | XXXX | 4 | Still with a chance to win |
| 59% | OZONELAYER | 10 | Shielding region in the stratosphere, that has a hole thanks to human activities: 2 wds. |
| 58% | INIT | 4 | Having a shot to win |
| 58% | SNAPSUP | 7 | Buys before anybody else has a chance to |
| 57% | REMATCH | 7 | Chance to win back a title |
| 57% | NOLANRYAN | 9 | Pitcher who had a record seven no-hitters and played to age 46, in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CONTEST | 7 | Enter one for a chance to win a gift |
| 57% | ROGERSHORNSBY | 13 | MLB player nicknamed "The Rajah," who has a high batting average second only to Ty Cobbs: 2 wds |
| 55% | TOPSEED | 7 | Person considered most likely to win a tennis tournament: 2 wds. |
| 55% | GARRYTRUDEAU | 12 | First comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in softball: 2 wds. |
| 55% | EATIN | 5 | Have a home-cooked meal: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATEIN | 5 | Had a meal at home: 2 wds. |
| 55% | FITIN | 5 | Have a sense of belonging: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATEIN | 5 | Had a home-cooked meal: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DIAHANNCARROLL | 14 | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Musical, for "No Strings" in 1962: 2 wds. |