| 100% | ALEAST | 6 | The O's play in it |
| 78% | ALEAST | 6 | The O's are in it |
| 68% | NHL | 3 | The Seattle Kraken play in it |
| 68% | AFC | 3 | The LA Chargers play in it |
| 68% | NHL | 3 | The Ottawa Senators play in it |
| 66% | BBALL | 5 | It's played in the 5-Across, informally |
| 64% | NFC | 3 | The Carolina Panthers play in it: Abbr. |
| 62% | NHL | 3 | Willie O'Ree played in it (Abbr.) |
| 62% | NBA | 3 | The Lakers play in it |
| 62% | NHL | 3 | The Preds play in it |
| 60% | THEICEMAN | 9 | In the O'Neill play, he Cometh |
| 58% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 58% | GAIL | 4 | ___ the Snail (recurring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia character played by Mary Lynn Rajskub) |
| 58% | HUGS | 4 | The O's in XOXO |
| 58% | PIANO | 5 | What Sam plays in the movie line "Play it, Sam" |
| 58% | SYSTEM | 6 | It's the S in Apple's iOS |
| 57% | PDT | 3 | S.F. is on it in the summer |
| 57% | STUPID | 6 | The second S in KISS, "keep it simple, __" |
| 57% | GIANTS | 6 | NFL team that doesn't play home games in the state it's named for |
| 57% | BASS | 4 | McCartney played it in the Beatles |
| 57% | SYSTEM | 6 | It's the S in Apple's iOS technology |
| 57% | SYNDROME | 8 | It's the S in AIDS, IBS and PMS |
| 57% | SIERRA | 6 | It stands for S in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 57% | TIMCURRY | 8 | He played It in the 1990s miniseries |
| 56% | HOMETEAM | 8 | Side that's playing in its own ballpark: 2 wds. |
| 56% | WNBA | 4 | The L.A. Sparks play in it |
| 56% | KNIGHT | 6 | Theodore Raymond ___, actor who played George O'Malley in the medical drama television show "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 55% | SCREEN | 6 | It's the S in cinema and television's SAG Awards |
| 55% | NHL | 3 | The Stars may play the Blues in it, briefly |
| 55% | NASL | 4 | Pele played for it in the '70s |