| 100% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Position that wins the game of chess |
| 55% | BISHOP | 6 | Chess game piece that's a position in the clergy |
| 52% | MATED | 5 | Won a game of chess |
| 51% | USA | 3 | Country that won all three tug of war medals at the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis |
| 51% | GAMBLING | 8 | The game of poker usually requires that |
| 50% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Move in the game of chess when the king is trapped |
| 49% | STALEMATE | 9 | Deadlock that ends a game of chess |
| 49% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move at the end of a game of chess |
| 47% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning end to a game of chess |
| 47% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move in a game of chess |
| 46% | SWEEP | 5 | Win all the games of a series |
| 46% | ROYALS | 6 | Lorde song that won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 46% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 Italian song that won the first Song of the Year Grammy |
| 46% | ARGO | 4 | Ben Affleck film that won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2012 |
| 46% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 46% | ROSANNA | 7 | Toto hit song that won the 1982 Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 46% | REPUBLIC | 8 | Dominican ___, country that won the 2013 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 45% | ROSANNA | 7 | 1982 Toto hit that won Record of the Year |
| 45% | MATED | 5 | Out of the game, in chess |
| 45% | ASSAULT | 7 | Horse that won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in the US in 1946 |
| 45% | BABEL | 5 | 2012 Mumford & Sons album that won the 2013 Grammy for Album of the Year |
| 45% | STAYWITHME | 10 | Sam Smith song that won the 2014 Song of the Year Grammy (3 wds.) |
| 45% | THATSWHATILIKE | 14 | Bruno Mars song that won the 2018 Song of the Year Grammy (4 wds.) |
| 45% | HELLO | 5 | 2015 song by Adele that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
| 45% | MADMEN | 6 | Show that won the Outstanding Drama Emmy for each of its first four seasons |
| 45% | LOTUS | 5 | Yoga position that's also the name of a flower |
| 45% | BIGBUZZ | 7 | Bee photo that won 2022 Wildlife Photo of the Year |
| 44% | CRIMSONTIDE | 11 | College football team that won the BCS National Championship Game this past January: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," song from 14a that won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1984 |
| 44% | BAYERN | 6 | ___ Munich, German sports club that won the 2021 Laureus World Team of the Year Award |