| 100% | SEED | 4 | Ranking for a team or player in a tournament |
| 57% | SEED | 4 | Ranked player in a tournament |
| 51% | UNSEEDED | 8 | Not ranked, as a player in a tennis tournament |
| 51% | MATCHPLAY | 9 | Golf scoring system in which a player or team earns a point for each hole they have won |
| 51% | FIRSTSEED | 9 | Top-ranked player in a tournament |
| 48% | ONESEED | 7 | Top-ranked team in a tournament |
| 47% | FIVE | 4 | Number of players on the court for each team in a basketball game |
| 46% | SEEDS | 5 | Outstanding players in a tournament |
| 46% | SEEDED | 6 | Ranked for a tournament |
| 46% | SEEDED | 6 | Ranked in a tournament |
| 46% | SEED | 4 | Rank in a tournament |
| 45% | FINALSEED | 9 | Last player selected for a Wimbledon ranking ... or part of each answer to a starred clue |
| 45% | OFFNIGHT | 8 | Subpar performance for a team or musician, say |
| 44% | RESEED | 6 | Rank anew, as in a tournament |
| 44% | DEBUT | 5 | Player’s first game for a team |
| 44% | ONESEED | 7 | Top rank in a tournament |
| 43% | THREE | 5 | Number of points for a B or C in Scrabble |
| 43% | STEP | 4 | Rank or grade in a series or scale |
| 43% | FOURBALL | 8 | In golf, a match for two pairs in which each player uses his or her own ball |
| 43% | SEEDED | 6 | Like teams in a tournament bracket |
| 43% | LOOPHOLE | 8 | A gap or ambiguity in the law, for example |
| 43% | RESEED | 6 | Assign new rankings to, in a tournament |
| 43% | SEMI | 4 | Penultimate round in a tournament, for short |
| 43% | ERAS | 4 | Statistics for players in a bullpen: Abbr. |
| 42% | REP | 3 | A single squat or lunge in a gym, for example |
| 42% | AIM | 3 | Good skill for a darts or billiards player |
| 42% | LEA | 3 | Word in poetry for a meadow or field |
| 42% | GEAR | 4 | Drive or reverse in a vehicle, for one |
| 42% | SEEDS | 5 | The top players in a tennis tournament's bracket |