| 100% | PHOTOOPS | 8 | Situations in which people volunteer to be captured? |
| 55% | BLACKJACK | 9 | Activity in which people ask to be hit |
| 52% | POSTRACIAL | 10 | Like a society in which people are said to be colorblind |
| 52% | SACKRACES | 9 | Contests in which people are rewarded for jumping to a conclusion? |
| 52% | USUALSUSPECT | 12 | Person likely to be involved in a particular situation |
| 50% | PAROLEHEARING | 13 | Meeting in which one person is anxious to leave |
| 47% | FLOW | 4 | “The state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter,” per Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
| 46% | SETPOINT | 8 | Situation in which service is important |
| 46% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which nobody is up |
| 45% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which neither team is winning |
| 44% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Situation in which every move is disadvantageous, in chess |
| 44% | MATCHPOINT | 10 | Situation in which one person might have the advantage |
| 44% | ROASTS | 6 | Tributes in which people are publicly burned? |
| 44% | BUGHOUSE | 8 | Chess variant played by four players on two boards, in which captured pieces on one board are moved to the other |
| 43% | ONEON | 5 | Situation in which only 56-Across is occupied |
| 43% | FLOODING | 8 | A situation in which areas are covered with water |
| 42% | OSUMGAME | 8 | Situation in which, on the whole, nothing can be gained or lost |
| 42% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Chess situation in which any move is a bad move |
| 42% | CAB | 3 | In which you might be asked "Where to?" |
| 42% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Person not to be messed with, in song |
| 42% | SKAT | 4 | Activity in which people are not playing with a full deck |
| 42% | INAPICKLE | 9 | To be in a tough, sticky situation, like chutney |
| 41% | THEOCRACY | 9 | Government in which God is said to rule |
| 40% | DNATESTING | 10 | Business in which one is paid to establish relationships |
| 40% | PROCESS | 7 | People are entitled to due __ in court |
| 40% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Game in which words can change from person to person |
| 40% | VILLAINERA | 10 | Phase in which one subverts the expectation to be nice |
| 40% | ANIMALCROSSING | 14 | Video game in which players are indebted to Tom Nook |
| 40% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to score 500 points |
| 40% | DEADLIFT | 8 | Exercise in which a weight is raised to hip level |