| 100% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 89% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log that is tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 87% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log about 19 feet long tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 84% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log about 19 feet long that is tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 64% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log around 19 feet long tossed in an event at the Highland Games |
| 35% | BID | 3 | Action at an auction or in a bridge game |
| 34% | RACE | 4 | Many an event at a track meet |
| 33% | WAITED | 6 | Stayed for an event at a particular place |
| 32% | EJECTS | 6 | Tosses in a sporting event? |
| 31% | CABERS | 6 | Poles tossed in highland games |
| 30% | ADAGE | 5 | A modern one is “Tweet in haste, repent at leisure” |
| 30% | PARTYFOUL | 9 | Gaffe at a social gathering, in modern lingo |
| 29% | COIN | 4 | Toss-up at a football game? |
| 29% | ACE | 3 | An unreturnable serve in a game of tennis |
| 29% | PEG | 3 | Target in a ring toss game |
| 28% | RAGEQUIT | 8 | Leave an online game in a huff |
| 28% | CHEAT | 5 | Use an unfair advantage in a game |
| 28% | PEG | 3 | Target in a game of ring toss |
| 28% | DART | 4 | Pointy thing aimed at a bull's-eye in a pub game |
| 28% | DRAGBUNTS | 9 | *They're made in an attempt at a base hit |
| 28% | BLUEMOON | 8 | "Once in a __", an extremely rare lunar event |
| 28% | RAGEQUITS | 9 | Angrily stops playing a game, in modern parlance |
| 28% | HIMOM | 5 | Sign in the bleachers at a football game |
| 28% | RAINBOWLING | 11 | Game played in an alley during a downpour? |
| 28% | ANTED | 5 | Chipped in at a poker game |
| 28% | THUNDERCOLLAPSE | 15 | Fourth-quarter meltdown at an N.B.A. game in Oklahoma City? |
| 28% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 28% | WSOP | 4 | Event ending in a no-limit hold'em game, for short |
| 28% | POE | 3 | Bird in a purple jersey at Baltimore Ravens games |