| 100% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move at the end of a game of chess |
| 76% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Said at the end of a game of chess |
| 70% | IRESIGN | 7 | Declaration at the end of a chess game |
| 64% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move to end a game of chess |
| 64% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Number of pawns at the start of a game of chess |
| 63% | SCORELINE | 9 | Figures of interest at the end of a game? |
| 63% | TIE | 3 | 1-1, at the end of a game, say |
| 63% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning end to a game of chess |
| 62% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 59% | FALLS | 5 | What a Jenga tower does at the end of the game |
| 59% | OUTRO | 5 | Closing sequence at the end of a film or video game |
| 59% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 59% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 59% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
| 58% | HORN | 4 | Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games |
| 58% | ROOK | 4 | Corner piece at the start of a chess game |
| 58% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move in a game of chess |
| 58% | NOTIMETOSPARE | 13 | Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? |
| 58% | STALEMATE | 9 | Nobody wins when a game of chess ends this way |
| 58% | PAWN | 4 | Usually the first piece moved in a game of chess |
| 57% | MIC | 3 | ___ drop (move at the end of a killer performance) |
| 54% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list of authors |
| 54% | NOTIT | 5 | Shout at the start of a game of tag |
| 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 |
| 53% | MORAL | 5 | A lesson at the end of a fable |
| 53% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation at the end of a list of people: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SCATTER | 7 | What players do at the start of a game of tag |
| 53% | APPENDIX | 8 | The supplementary material at the end of a book |
| 53% | BAYONET | 7 | A blade found at the end of a rifle |