| 100% | YIPS | 4 | Sudden loss of ability, in sports |
| 63% | YIPS | 4 | Athlete's sudden loss of ability, informally |
| 52% | YIPS | 4 | Sudden, temporary loss of athletic ability, with "the" |
| 50% | COLDFEET | 8 | Sudden loss of courage |
| 50% | DISMAY | 6 | Sudden loss of courage |
| 48% | AGNOSIA | 7 | Loss of ability to process sensory information |
| 48% | DOWNFALL | 8 | Sudden loss of power or social position |
| 47% | APHASIA | 7 | Loss of ability to understand or produce speech |
| 47% | APHASIA | 7 | Loss of speaking ability |
| 47% | APHASIA | 7 | Loss of language ability |
| 46% | AGRAPHIA | 8 | Neurologically caused loss of ability to write |
| 46% | APHASIA | 7 | Medical term for loss of ability to speak |
| 46% | GOODBYE | 7 | Accept the sudden loss of, as an opportunity |
| 45% | AGRAPHIA | 8 | Loss of the ability to write |
| 45% | ALEXIA | 6 | Loss of the ability to read |
| 44% | DEMENTIA | 8 | Severe loss of intellectual abilities |
| 44% | EPILEPSY | 8 | Medical disorder characterised by the periodic sudden loss of consciousness |
| 44% | AMNESIA | 7 | Loss of memory often found in soap operas |
| 43% | TRUTHBOMB | 9 | Sudden dose of reality, in slang |
| 43% | REFEREE | 7 | Person of authority in sports |
| 42% | IONA | 4 | Rival of Canisius in college sports |
| 42% | ODDS | 4 | Numbers of interest in sports betting |
| 41% | BLACKOUT | 8 | Widespread loss of electricity in urban area |
| 41% | PROFIT | 6 | In business, the opposite of a loss |
| 41% | GASP | 4 | Sudden intake of breath, often in surprise |
| 41% | POWER | 5 | ___ outage, sudden loss of electricity that's a spooky feature of a haunted house |
| 41% | AWAY | 4 | Opposite of "home" in sports |
| 41% | AWAY | 4 | Opposite of home, in sports |
| 41% | ROUTS | 5 | Opposites of squeakers, in sports |
| 41% | TEAMS | 5 | Groups of players, in sports |