| 100% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 66% | NOTIT | 5 | Child's shout at the beginning of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 62% | NOTIT | 5 | Shout at the start of a game of tag |
| 60% | SCATTER | 7 | What players do at the start of a game of tag |
| 55% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 54% | IMIT | 4 | Cry at the start of a game of tag |
| 53% | NOTIT | 5 | Cry heard at the start of a game of tag |
| 52% | EARLYLEAD | 9 | What the front-runner has at the start of a race (2 wds.) |
| 51% | HIDES | 5 | What only one person does, at the beginning of a game of sardines |
| 50% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation at the end of a list of people: 2 wds. |
| 49% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 48% | OCANADA | 7 | Anthem heard at the start of many hockey games: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 47% | IWIN | 4 | What the victor might say at the end of the game: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Number of pawns at the start of a game of chess |
| 43% | IMIT | 4 | Starting words from the tagger in a game of tag |
| 43% | YOUIN | 5 | Query at the start of a poker game |
| 43% | IMIN | 4 | Cry at the start of a poker game |
| 43% | ANTE | 4 | Stake at the start of a poker game |
| 43% | NOTIT | 5 | Cry during a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NOTIT | 5 | Call in a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TEES | 4 | What golf balls rest on at the start of a hole |
| 43% | ISAFOOT | 7 | "The game __" cried Holmes at the start of a case |
| 43% | ROOK | 4 | Corner piece at the start of a chess game |
| 43% | ANTE | 4 | Pony up at the start of a poker game |
| 42% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 42% | COIN | 4 | It's tossed at the start of a football game |
| 42% | DRAWS | 5 | Takes tiles, as at the start of a Scrabble game |
| 42% | COINTOSS | 8 | 50-50 flip at the start of a football game |
| 42% | TODO | 4 | Phrase at the top of a task list: 2 wds. |