Among the most well-known games of monoawase were utaawase (poetry match), eawase (picture match), and kaiawase (shell match), as well as toriawase (bird match) (also known as tokei [cockfight]), hanaawase (flower match) (also known as hanaikusa [flower battle]), kotoriawase (bird bench show), mushiawase (insect match), senzaiawase (plant match), ogiawase (fan match), and biwaawase (lute match).
代表的なものには、歌合・絵合・貝合などがあり、その他にも鳥合（闘鶏）・花合（花いくさ）・小鳥合（こちらは小鳥の品評会）・虫合・前栽合・扇合・琵琶合など。