| 100% | ACTS | 4 | No play is without them |
| 56% | ACTS | 4 | Plays are divided into them |
| 48% | IAMBS | 5 | Shakespeare's plays are full of them |
| 48% | ASSUMPTIONS | 11 | They are made without proof |
| 48% | AREAS | 5 | They may be for play |
| 47% | PAIN | 4 | No gain without this, they say |
| 47% | THERE | 5 | ____ is no pleasure without pain |
| 47% | MAZES | 5 | They may be child's play |
| 47% | PARTS | 5 | They are cast in a play |
| 46% | ACTS | 4 | Shakespeare plays are typically divided into five of them |
| 46% | ACTS | 4 | Shakespeare's plays are divided into five of them |
| 46% | CHEATERS | 8 | They're no fun to play with |
| 46% | SORELOSERS | 10 | They're no fun to play with |
| 45% | AREAS | 5 | They may be designated for work or play |
| 45% | BASSOONS | 8 | They might be played with low A extensions |
| 45% | HRS | 3 | They might be called no-doubters or taters: abbr. |
| 45% | AREAS | 5 | They can be designated for rest, work or play |
| 44% | OFFSEASON | 9 | This is no time for playing games |
| 44% | BALL | 4 | Most sports cannot be played without it |
| 44% | HIPS | 4 | They are essential in doing the twist or playing Twister |
| 44% | ART | 3 | Earth is just "eh" without it, they say |
| 43% | PARANOIA | 8 | "There is no literature and art without ___": Thomas Pynchon |
| 43% | THEREMINS | 9 | Eerie-sounding instruments that are played without physical contact |
| 43% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | "You are __ no matter what they say" says Aguilera |
| 42% | HOOKY | 5 | Play ___ (be absent without permission) |
| 42% | UNCURL | 6 | What pangolins will do when they're no longer afraid |
| 41% | INN | 3 | "... there was no room for them in the ___" (Luke 2:7) |
| 39% | ALLBETS | 7 | When they're off, there's no telling what the outcome will be |
| 39% | HASNT | 5 | Is without |
| 39% | LACKS | 5 | Is without |