| 100% | STRIKE | 6 | When all bowling pins knocked down on first ball |
| 58% | STRIKE | 6 | Act of knocking down all the pins with the first ball of a frame in ten-pin bowling |
| 52% | SPARE | 5 | Act of knocking down all the pins with two balls in tenpin bowling |
| 47% | STRIKE | 6 | Knocking down all the pins in bowling |
| 46% | STRIKE | 6 | Knock down all 10 bowling pins in one go |
| 46% | STRIKE | 6 | Knocking down all 10 pins at once in bowling |
| 44% | SPARE | 5 | Term for knocking down all ten bowling pins in two tries |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number of bowling pins knocked down in a strike |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number of bowling pins knocked down by a strike |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Total number of bowling pins knocked down in a spare |
| 35% | BOWLING | 7 | Game in which you knock down pins with a ball |
| 35% | BOWLING | 7 | Game where you knock down pins with a big ball |
| 32% | PIN | 3 | Something a bowling ball knocks down |
| 30% | BOWL | 4 | Knock down some pins |
| 30% | PINS | 4 | Items that a bowling ball knocks down |
| 30% | STRIKE | 6 | When a bowler knocks over all ten pins |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Number of pins knocked down in a strike |
| 30% | BOWLING | 7 | Heavy balls are rolled to knock down pins |
| 29% | TENS | 4 | Bowling pins on the back right |
| 29% | BOWLS | 5 | Knocks down pins in an alley |
| 29% | TEN | 3 | Number of bowling pins knocked over in a strike |
| 29% | BOWL | 4 | Knock down some pins in an alley |
| 29% | PUNT | 4 | Bad choice on first down |
| 28% | SPARE | 5 | Ten bowling pins on two tries |
| 28% | BOWLINGALLEY | 12 | Place to knock down ten pins |
| 28% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | BLACKOUT | 8 | When all lights on a stage go off simultaneously |
| 28% | CHRISTINA | 9 | __ Koch, astronaut on first all-female spacewalk |
| 27% | LUCKYSTRIKE | 11 | Knocking down 10 pins while missing the head pin, say |
| 27% | LOCATE | 6 | Pin down on a map, say |