| 100% | JUMANJI | 7 | Name of game (and film) that traps players inside |
| 46% | NBAJAM | 6 | Game with a secret additional roster of players that includes Bill Clinton and Al Gore |
| 42% | OUIJA | 5 | 2014 film franchise based on a sinister board game of the same name that some use to speak to ghosts |
| 41% | DODGEBALL | 9 | Painful PE game and subject of Ben Stiller film |
| 40% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 40% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | 1995 American fantasy action film based on the video game of the same name, with characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage: 2 wds. |
| 40% | UHF | 3 | 1989 cult film that features the game show "Wheel of Fish" |
| 40% | SWEETBREAD | 10 | Misleading name of a dish that's actually savory and meaty |
| 39% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of films Inside Man and BlacKkKlansman |
| 39% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 movie based on a murder mystery board game of the same name where players identify the killer, their weapon, and the scene of crime |
| 39% | CAITLINCLARK | 12 | Iowa Hawkeyes championship game scoring leader who was named AP Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SONGBIRDS | 9 | Hunger Games film, The Ballad of __ and Snakes |
| 39% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 39% | MOULINROUGE | 11 | Film that features Nicole Kidman and a necklace made of 1,308 diamonds (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LGBT | 4 | Film genre that includes "Moonlight" and "Call Me by Your Name" |
| 38% | ETTA | 4 | Name that's an anagram of both 16- and 18-Across |
| 38% | TAG | 3 | Casual game that involves chasing and touching other players |
| 38% | MAY | 3 | First name of the pen name that novelist and poet Eleanore Marie Sarton used |
| 38% | WILT | 4 | First name of the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 38% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 38% | ELSIE | 5 | Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet |
| 38% | TAG | 3 | Casual playground game that involves chasing and touching other players |
| 38% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 38% | CATAN | 5 | Board game that dropped "The Settlers of" from its name |
| 38% | DICE | 4 | Objects that are shaken and tossed in games of chance |
| 37% | SUO | 3 | Name of the quarterly journal that publishes articles on bogs, wetlands and peat |
| 37% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 37% | PERSONALAD | 10 | Where "Desperately Seeking Susan" appears in the film of that name |
| 37% | NAME | 4 | "Call Me By Your ___," Oscar-winning film that depicts the love story of Elio and Oliver |
| 37% | MOVIE | 5 | "Home ___," 2008 found footage film that follows the Poe family and the secret of their twins |