| 100% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Stretch of a blowout game when bench players come in |
| 41% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a game of checkers |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a game of backgammon |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a game of Battleship |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a standard chess game |
| 38% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which players subtract from a starting score of 501 |
| 38% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which each player starts with a score of 501 |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a game of Connect Four |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a game of gin rummy |
| 38% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | End of a blowout game |
| 38% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 38% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Last minutes of a blowout game |
| 37% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 36% | CHECKMATE | 9 | One ending for a classic board game - another of which (when a player resigns) is represented visually six times in this puzzle |
| 36% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | 1981 arcade game in which the player shoots bugs in a field of mushrooms |
| 36% | ZERO | 4 | Number of games won by the losing player in a "bagel" set, in tennis |
| 36% | PIANO | 5 | It's in front of a benched player |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | Number of players in a chess game |
| 35% | GARLIC | 6 | Comes in a bulb of cloves |
| 34% | STARTER | 7 | Opposite of a bench player |
| 34% | DRUMSOLOS | 9 | Stretches of concerts when the hits keep coming? |
| 33% | PIANO | 5 | Focus of a player on the bench |
| 33% | DISC | 4 | Shape of a game piece in tiddlywinks |
| 33% | CHESS | 5 | Wizard's ___, magical variant of a classical board game played at Hogwarts in which pieces move of their own accord on the player's command |
| 33% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Comes in a pack of 78, used for fortune telling |
| 33% | SEED | 4 | Rank of a player in a tennis competition |
| 33% | RALLYING | 8 | Coming from behind in a game |
| 32% | BITS | 4 | Drill attachments that come in a variety of sizes |
| 32% | ARM | 3 | Part of a "fence" in the game Red Rover |