| 100% | OUTS | 4 | The triple in a triple play |
| 94% | OUTS | 4 | The three in a triple play |
| 79% | OUTS | 4 | The triple of a triple play |
| 74% | OUTS | 4 | Three in a triple play |
| 72% | OUTS | 4 | Three are recorded in a triple play |
| 72% | OUT | 3 | One of three in a triple play |
| 71% | ACT | 3 | Play the role, in a play |
| 71% | STAR | 4 | Play the lead in a show |
| 70% | CAST | 4 | The actors in a play or movie |
| 69% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 69% | STRUM | 5 | Play the guitar, in a way |
| 69% | TWANGS | 6 | Plays the guitar, in a way |
| 68% | UPSTAGE | 7 | Steal the limelight in a play, say |
| 67% | ROMEO | 5 | Boy in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 67% | ACT | 3 | Play a part in the play |
| 66% | ASIDES | 6 | Lines spoken directly to the audience in a play |
| 66% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Scarlet" flower in the title of a famous play |
| 66% | ROMEO | 5 | Young man in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 65% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 65% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 65% | SPECTATOR | 9 | In a play, a member of the audience |
| 65% | TOYLANDBOYBAND | 14 | *NSYNC playing the "Babes" in a 1903 operetta? |
| 65% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 64% | BACKSTAGE | 9 | The place behind the performance area in a play |
| 64% | MOW | 3 | Level the playing field, in a way? |
| 64% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 64% | SCORN | 5 | "Silence is the most perfect expression of ___" (line in a Shaw play) |
| 63% | ONSIDE | 6 | In a legal position to play the ball, in soccer |
| 63% | AIMEE | 5 | She played the woman in "A Man and a Woman" |
| 63% | COBWEB | 6 | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |