| 100% | FORTYLOVE | 9 | Score just before winning a game, say |
| 85% | ADIN | 4 | Score just before winning a game |
| 83% | ADIN | 4 | Tennis score just before winning a game |
| 65% | ADIN | 4 | Score before winning a game, maybe |
| 62% | ADOUT | 5 | Possible score before winning a game |
| 57% | ADIN | 4 | Score just before winning |
| 57% | ADIN | 4 | Score just before winning, maybe |
| 55% | ADIN | 4 | Possible score just before winning |
| 49% | NIL | 3 | Score of zero in a game, say |
| 49% | REREAD | 6 | Go over just before a test, say |
| 48% | FORTY | 5 | Tennis point just before a win, maybe |
| 47% | ADIN | 4 | Score right before a win, maybe |
| 46% | ADIN | 4 | Situation before many a game is won |
| 45% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game in which scoring a "bingo" wins 50 points |
| 45% | TALKSTRASH | 10 | Boasts before a big game, say |
| 43% | CANASTA | 7 | Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points |
| 42% | GLENNCLOSELY | 12 | "I won my 1984 Tony by just a few votes," said___ |
| 42% | ADIN | 4 | Score just before victory, maybe |
| 42% | MATED | 5 | Won a game of chess |
| 41% | DOGPILE | 7 | Group celebration after a game-winning play, say |
| 40% | ADIN | 4 | Possible tennis score before a game-ending ace |
| 40% | LEVELS | 6 | Ranked stages in a game, say |
| 40% | BET | 3 | Put money on a game, say |
| 40% | BADAT | 5 | Unlikely to win a game of |
| 40% | PLAY | 4 | Enjoy a game, say |
| 39% | MAKEACOMEBACK | 13 | Win a game after being way behind at halftime |
| 39% | FEAT | 4 | Hitting three triples in a game, say |
| 39% | ONFIRE | 6 | Hitting four homers in a game, say |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Words said just before a priest pronounces a couple man and wife: 2 wds. |