| 100% | YOUIN | 5 | Query at the start of a poker game |
| 85% | IMIN | 4 | Cry at the start of a poker game |
| 85% | ANTE | 4 | Stake at the start of a poker game |
| 82% | ANTE | 4 | Pony up at the start of a poker game |
| 70% | ANTE | 4 | Bet at the start of a poker pot |
| 70% | ANTE | 4 | Stake at the start of a poker hand |
| 70% | AREWEALONE | 10 | Spy's query at the start of a meeting |
| 70% | ANTE | 4 | Payment made at the start of a poker hand |
| 69% | ANTES | 5 | Chips at the beginning of a poker game |
| 68% | ANTE | 4 | Money that's put in at the start of a poker hand |
| 67% | NOTIT | 5 | Shout at the start of a game of tag |
| 67% | IMIT | 4 | Cry at the start of a game of tag |
| 67% | NOTIT | 5 | Cry heard at the start of a game of tag |
| 66% | SCATTER | 7 | What players do at the start of a game of tag |
| 65% | ROOK | 4 | Corner piece at the start of a chess game |
| 64% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 63% | COIN | 4 | It's tossed at the start of a football game |
| 62% | DRAWS | 5 | Takes tiles, as at the start of a Scrabble game |
| 62% | COINTOSS | 8 | 50-50 flip at the start of a football game |
| 61% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Number of pawns at the start of a game of chess |
| 61% | LIFE | 4 | One of three at the start of a Pac-Man game |
| 61% | BUYIN | 5 | Start of a poker game |
| 59% | ISAFOOT | 7 | "The game __" cried Holmes at the start of a case |
| 58% | TAKEOFF | 7 | At the start of a flight, you prepare for __ |
| 58% | FAVOR | 5 | *Cry at the start of a vote |
| 58% | FYI | 3 | Initials at the start of a memo |
| 58% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the start of a memo |
| 58% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 58% | FYI | 3 | Inits. at the start of a memo |
| 58% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |