| 100% | EVEN | 4 | Neck and neck, in a game |
| 72% | KERPLUNK | 8 | Game played with balls and sticks in a tube |
| 71% | UMPED | 5 | Called balls and strikes in a baseball game |
| 71% | WARMER | 6 | Encouragement in a game of Hot and Cold |
| 70% | TEAMS | 5 | Shirts and skins, in a pickup game |
| 70% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" |
| 69% | UMPED | 5 | Called balls and strikes in a baseball game, for short |
| 68% | TIC | 3 | First syllable in a game of X's and O's |
| 68% | PLAT | 4 | A rank in video games and short for platinum |
| 66% | INVENTORY | 9 | Where weapons and armor live in a video game |
| 65% | RAGEQUIT | 8 | Suddenly and angrily stop playing a game, in modern lingo |
| 65% | PLAYROOM | 8 | Place in a house for children's toys and games |
| 63% | PERFECTHATTRICK | 15 | Soccer term for scoring with one's right foot, left foot and head in a single game |
| 63% | SIGHTUNSEEN | 11 | *Exhale in a game of hide-and-seek? |
| 62% | OTS | 3 | There were six in a 1951 N.B.A. game between Indianapolis and Rochester |
| 61% | TIED | 4 | Neck and neck, on a scoreboard |
| 61% | HUNT | 4 | *Treasure ___, gift pile alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game often played at camp |
| 61% | KONG | 4 | Donkey ___, series of video games first released in 1981 and which has a gorilla character |
| 60% | ELGINBAYLOR | 11 | Former Lakers player and 11-time NBA All-Star who scored 60+ points in a game four times: 2 wds. |
| 60% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Bulls player and 14-time NBA All-Star who scored 60+ points in a game five times: 2 wds. |
| 60% | CUE | 3 | Stick in a ball-and-stick game |
| 60% | OOO | 3 | Win in a pencil-and-paper game |
| 60% | HOLLYWOODSQUARES | 16 | Classic TV game show ... or what 18-, 25-, 55- and 66-Across are, in a way |
| 59% | JAMESHARDEN | 11 | Current Rockets player and 8-time NBA All-Star who's scored 60+ points in a game four times: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DIABOLO | 7 | Game in which a spinning top is thrown and caught on a cord fastened to two hand-held sticks |
| 59% | MOVE | 4 | Turn in a game |
| 59% | NOTIT | 5 | Untagged, in a game |
| 59% | HIDER | 5 | Huntee in a game |
| 59% | PLAYERS | 7 | Participants in a game |
| 59% | PLAYER | 6 | Participant in a game |