| 100% | CONFERENCETABLE | 15 | Office fixture surrounded by a board? |
| 49% | SCHOOLDISTRICT | 14 | Education division governed by a board |
| 49% | AMID | 4 | Surrounded by a crowd |
| 48% | AMID | 4 | Surrounded by a crowd, say |
| 46% | CASTLE | 6 | Building surrounded by a moat |
| 46% | PAROLE | 6 | Release granted by a board |
| 46% | CEO | 3 | Bigwig hired by a board |
| 45% | ISLE | 4 | Land surrounded by a lake, perhaps |
| 45% | PANE | 4 | It might be surrounded by a sash |
| 45% | YARD | 4 | House part often surrounded by a fence |
| 45% | CEO | 3 | Head executive appointed by a board: Abbr. |
| 45% | AMID | 4 | Surrounded by, as a crowd |
| 44% | CEO | 3 | Pooh-bah hired by a board of directors |
| 44% | EXEC | 4 | One hired by a corp. board |
| 43% | RINK | 4 | Playing surface surrounded by boards |
| 42% | LESOTHO | 7 | Country of two million surrounded by a single other country |
| 42% | CATAN | 5 | Fictional island represented by a board made up of hexagons |
| 42% | RINK | 4 | Cold playing surface surrounded by boards |
| 41% | ISLE | 4 | Dot surrounded by blue, on a map |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | Part surrounded by auriculars, on a bird |
| 41% | TRANSCRIPTS | 11 | Records handled by a registrar's office |
| 41% | AQUAPLANE | 9 | A board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat |
| 41% | CLAPPER | 7 | A board used by filmmakers to mark takes, and cut |
| 41% | COURTYARD | 9 | Open space surrounded by walls within a building |
| 41% | WINDSURFING | 11 | Riding waves on a board propelled by air |
| 41% | EXAMTABLE | 9 | Fixture in a doctor's office |
| 41% | SANMARINO | 9 | A republic surrounded entirely by Italy |
| 38% | RISK | 4 | Dangerous-sounding game with a board illustrated by a global map |
| 38% | SCALE | 5 | Fixture in a post office or a doctor's office |
| 37% | STJAMES | 7 | "Place" by Pennsylvania Railroad on a Monopoly board |