Related Words for waiting game

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endgame
/x
Noun
play
/
Noun
guessing game
/x/
Phrase, Noun
game plan
//
Phrase, Noun
reserve
x/
Noun
prophylaxis
xx/x
Noun
huddle
/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun
calculation
xx/x
Noun
board game
//
Phrase, Noun
long game
//
Phrase, Noun
idle
/x
Adjective
game
/
Noun
heel
/
Noun
holdout
/x
Noun
ball game
//
Phrase, Noun
lottery
/xx
Noun
game of chance
///
Phrase, Noun
consequences
/xxx
Noun
fair game
//
Phrase, Noun
patience
/x
Noun
pass
/
Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun
opening
/xx
Noun
variation
xx/x
Noun
hole card
//
Phrase, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
lead
/
Noun
study
/x
Noun
snakes and ladders
///x
Phrase, Noun
turn
/
Noun
power play
/x/
Phrase, Noun
triangulation
xxx/x
Noun
musical chairs
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
clock
/
Noun
shell game
//
Phrase, Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
pull through
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
leave
/
Verb
forfeits
/x
Noun
battle of the sexes
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
trump card
//
Name, Name
string
/
Noun
inning
/x
Noun
combo
/x
Noun
gambit
/x
Noun
walk
/
Noun
benefit of the doubt
/xx/x/
Phrase, Noun
game of skill
///
Phrase, Noun
free ride
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
poker
/x
Noun
rollout
/x
Noun
pacifism
/xxx
Noun
odds
/
Noun
loaded dice
/xx
Phrase, Noun
grace
/
Noun
checkmate
/x
Noun
immunity
x/xx
Noun
move
/
Noun
statues
/x
Noun
numbers game
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gamble
/x
Noun
stipulation
xx/x
Noun
invitation
xx/x
Noun
ballot
/x
Noun
card game
//
Phrase, Noun
icebreaker
/xx
Noun
fortress
/x
Noun
hold
/
Noun
life
/
Noun
whist
/
Noun
hawk
/
Noun
windup
/x
Noun
cat and mouse
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
speculation
xx/x
Noun
stale
/
Noun
solitaire
xx/
Noun
accounts
x/
Noun
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
ado
x/
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afflicted
x/x
Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ambush
/x
Noun, Verb
amenable
x/xx
Adjective
amusement
x/x
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun, Verb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
attendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
await
x/
Verb, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backlash
/x
Noun, Verb
backlog
/x
Noun, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballgame
x/
Noun
baseball
//
Noun
bashful
/x
Adjective
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
biding
/x
Noun
big game
//
Name, Name
biz
/
Noun
blackjack
/x
Noun, Verb
board
/
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boredom
/x
Noun
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bowling
/x
Noun
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
brooding
/x
Noun, Adjective
buffalo
/xx
Noun, Verb
byte
/
Noun
card
/
Noun, Verb
carefree
/x
Adjective
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
championship
/xxx
Noun
chase
/
Noun, Verb
chess
/
Noun
chessboard
/x
Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
climate
/x
Noun, Verb
coldest
/x
Adjective
collection
x/x
Noun
comedy
/xx
Noun
comforter
/xx
Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
concert
/x
Noun, Verb
consignment
x/x
Noun
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
coolest
/x
Adjective, Noun
courageous
x/x
Adjective
crappy
/x
Adjective
crocodile
/xx
Noun, Verb
curling
/x
Noun
deck
/
Noun, Verb
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
disheveled
x/x
Adjective
double feature
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dredge
/
Noun, Verb
drudgery
/xx
Noun
ducks and drakes
///
Phrase, Noun
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
ennui
x/x
Noun, Verb
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
examination
xxx/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
expected
x/x
Adjective
facing
/x
Adjective, Noun
fauna
/x
Noun
fearless
/x
Adjective
feather
/x
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
fighter
/x
Noun
fish
/
Noun, Verb
food
/
Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
football
/x
Noun, Verb
forces
/x
Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective, Noun
fowl
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fretting
/x
Noun
frightened
/x
Adjective
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gage
/
Noun, Verb
gameplay
/x
Noun
gap
/
Noun, Verb
golf
/
Noun, Verb
gone
/
Adjective
gritty
/x
Adjective
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hammond
/x
Name
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handsomest
/xx
Adjective
hare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hare and hounds
///
Phrase, Noun
harvest
/x
Noun, Verb
heading
/x
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
hockey
/x
Noun
home game
//
Phrase, Noun
hope
/
Noun, Verb
hoss
/
Noun
hunt
/
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
impressionable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
instruction
x/x
Noun
intending
x/x
Noun
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
interplay
/xx
Noun, Verb
involved
x/
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jeopardy
/xx
Noun, Verb
jest
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
jeu
/
Adverb
joke
/
Noun, Verb
joust
/
Noun, Verb
kit
/
Noun, Verb
lady
/x
Noun, Verb
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
listing
/x
Noun, Adjective
looking
/x
Verb, Noun
maid
/
Noun
marathon
/xx
Noun, Verb
match
/
Noun, Verb
meantime
/x
Noun, Adverb
mockery
/xx
Noun
monopoly
x/xx
Noun
monotony
x/xx
Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nightcap
/x
Noun, Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outset
/x
Noun, Verb