| 100% | TALLIED | 7 | Keep score, as in games |
| 66% | NIL | 3 | Zero, as a score in some games |
| 64% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Card game in which score is kept with pegs |
| 55% | NIL | 3 | Zero, as in soccer scores |
| 55% | RULES | 5 | Regulations, as in a game |
| 55% | POINTS | 6 | Scores in game |
| 54% | WARM | 4 | Getting close, as in a game |
| 54% | EVEN | 4 | Equally matched, as in a game |
| 54% | NIL | 3 | Zero, as in an Arsenal game |
| 54% | SPAWN | 5 | Appear, as in a video game |
| 53% | STRIP | 5 | Get undressed, as in some poker games |
| 53% | RIG | 3 | Manipulate, as in a game or competition |
| 53% | GOES | 4 | Takes a turn, as in a game |
| 53% | VINGT | 5 | Score in a French game? |
| 53% | STIFLED | 7 | Kept in, as a giggle |
| 53% | CURBED | 6 | Kept in check, as enthusiasm |
| 53% | CARRIED | 7 | Kept in stock, as inventory |
| 52% | LEAPFROGS | 9 | Hops over, as in a kids' street game |
| 52% | NIL | 3 | Score of nothing in certain games |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | Keep in a cellar, as wine |
| 52% | ONEALL | 6 | Score early in the game, often |
| 52% | AGED | 4 | Kept in a barrel, as bourbon |
| 51% | PANTOMIME | 9 | Performance without words, as in the game of charades |
| 51% | MAINTAIN | 8 | Keep in good order, as a building |
| 51% | NIL | 3 | Score of zero in a game, say |
| 51% | GOAL | 4 | Score in a soccer or hockey game |
| 51% | ATTHEGUN | 8 | As time expires, in a football game |
| 51% | SHUTOUT | 7 | Game in which only one team scores |
| 51% | SEESAWBATTLE | 12 | Game in which the lead keeps changing |
| 51% | HATTRICK | 8 | Scoring three goals in a single game |