| 100% | ENDGAME | 7 | When the fewest pieces are on the chess board |
| 52% | BUGHOUSE | 8 | Chess variant played by four players on two boards, in which captured pieces on one board are moved to the other |
| 48% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that starts on a corner of the board |
| 47% | NOON | 4 | When both clock hands are on the 12 |
| 46% | OFF | 3 | When the switch is not on |
| 45% | DARKDAY | 7 | When the lights are off on Broadway |
| 45% | SURFS | 5 | Is on the board, in a way |
| 45% | OFF | 3 | When the power is not on, say |
| 44% | EMERY | 5 | It could be on the board |
| 44% | THIRTYTWO | 9 | Number of pieces on a chess board |
| 44% | SQUARES | 7 | There are 64 on a chess board |
| 44% | OUTAGE | 6 | Period when the power is not on |
| 44% | OVERACTED | 9 | Was broad on the boards |
| 43% | PAWN | 4 | Piece starting on the second or seventh rank, in chess |
| 43% | SCRAPHEAP | 9 | When too old for work you are on the __ (the tip) |
| 43% | SQUARES | 7 | Shape of the 64 spaces on a chess board |
| 42% | BISHOP | 6 | Chess piece that moves on the diagonal |
| 42% | DURAG | 5 | It might be on the floor when you wake up |
| 42% | PAWN | 4 | Chess piece that begins on the front line |
| 42% | QUEEN | 5 | Most powerful piece on the board |
| 42% | SEATBELTS | 9 | Must be fastened when the sign is lit on a plane |
| 41% | SLUSHY | 6 | When snow on the ground starts melting, it is __ |
| 41% | PAWN | 4 | Chess piece that's often the first to be played |
| 41% | BESTBEHAVIOR | 12 | What to be on when meeting the parents |
| 40% | AGAMEOFHORNETS | 14 | What’s being played when Charlotte’s NBA team is on the court? |
| 40% | WINE | 4 | "What happened when the grape was stepped on? He let out a little ___" |
| 40% | PUZZLE | 6 | Young kids will solve the ones with fewer pieces |
| 40% | TUESDAY | 7 | Time on the calendar when many tacos are devoured |
| 40% | AGREE | 5 | "I ___ to the terms and conditions" ("I am on board") |
| 40% | NOON | 4 | Point in the day when both hands are on 12 |