| 100% | SIDESHOW | 8 | Supplement to the main event |
| 62% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Events leading up to the main plot |
| 58% | AFTERPARTY | 10 | Celebration following the main event |
| 58% | OPENERS | 7 | Acts before the main event |
| 58% | PRESHOW | 7 | What precedes the main event |
| 55% | BOXING | 6 | Sport central to the movie The Main Event |
| 54% | PRELIM | 6 | Event before the main event |
| 53% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | The main event in the US football calendar |
| 53% | EVE | 3 | An evening before the main event |
| 53% | SIDESHOWS | 9 | They're not the main event |
| 53% | OPENER | 6 | It comes before the main event |
| 53% | OPENED | 6 | Performed prior to the main act |
| 53% | OPENER | 6 | Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE) |
| 52% | PRELIM | 6 | Round before the main event, for short |
| 52% | SIDES | 5 | They're next to the main dish |
| 51% | ANNEX | 5 | Addition to the main part of a building |
| 51% | SIDE | 4 | It's served next to the main course |
| 50% | TRAILER | 7 | Teaser of a movie shown before the main event |
| 50% | AVCLUB | 6 | Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion |
| 49% | SIDES | 5 | Baked potatoes and onion rings, compared to the main dish |
| 47% | OMEN | 4 | Event believed to signal the future |
| 47% | PIPE | 4 | Tube that connects a sink to the water main |
| 46% | RECONFIRMS | 10 | Makes sure someone is really coming to the event |
| 46% | OLAF | 4 | Count ___, the main character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
| 45% | OMEN | 4 | Event that's believed to predict the future |
| 45% | OMEN | 4 | Event that is believed to signal the future |
| 45% | DEBATE | 6 | Event in "What the Constitution Means to Me" |
| 45% | SEANCES | 7 | Events where mediums try to contact the dead |
| 45% | OUTAGE | 6 | Event reported to the power company |
| 45% | ANO | 3 | "I went to the event, but he was ___-show": 2 wds. |