| 100% | GIN | 3 | Word to end a card game |
| 63% | AMEN | 4 | Word to end a prayer |
| 63% | YOURTURN | 8 | Words to end a play |
| 63% | BYE | 3 | Word to end a phone conversation |
| 63% | GAMESETANDMATCH | 15 | Words to end a court battle? |
| 61% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Word that ends a chess game |
| 58% | CHESS | 5 | Word that refers to a strategic board game with black-and-white squares, and ends with "ss" |
| 58% | BINGOHALLS | 10 | Places to play a card game? |
| 56% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move to end a game of chess |
| 55% | GIN | 3 | End of a card game |
| 55% | UNO | 3 | A card game played with a special deck, similar to "Crazy Eights" |
| 55% | UNO | 3 | Card game whose title is a Spanish word |
| 55% | THE | 3 | Word unlikely to end a sentence |
| 53% | POKER | 5 | Card game that's a hint to today's theme |
| 53% | TABOO | 5 | Unorthodox; card game of guessing a hidden word |
| 52% | AMEN | 4 | Word used to end a prayer or express agreement |
| 52% | TIE | 3 | Inconclusive end to a game |
| 52% | POKER | 5 | Card game or a type of face that's hard to read |
| 52% | DEAL | 4 | Hand out cards to start a card game |
| 51% | ACE | 3 | Card that loses to a 2 in some games |
| 51% | SUFFIX | 6 | Ending added to a word, e.g. -tion, -ing |
| 51% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning end to a game of chess |
| 51% | DEAL | 4 | Allocate cards to players in a game |
| 50% | MATE | 4 | End to a chess game |
| 50% | WAR | 3 | Two-player card game that tends to last a very long time |
| 50% | WALKOFF | 7 | With 26-Down, dramatic end to a game |
| 50% | WALKOFFHOMER | 12 | Exciting end to a baseball game |
| 49% | GOFISH | 6 | Kids' card game ... and a directive pertaining to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | Pay to get in a card game |
| 49% | BINGOHALL | 9 | Place to play a certain card game? |