| 100% | HEREGOESNOTHING | 15 | “Well, you miss all the shots you don’t take” |
| 66% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who once said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" |
| 54% | MISSES | 6 | All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying |
| 45% | JOLENE | 6 | The "you" of the song lyric "I'm begging of you, please don't take my man" |
| 44% | STAB | 4 | You could take this in the dark if you didn't know any better |
| 44% | FUN | 3 | “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the ___”: Katharine Hepburn |
| 43% | INTO | 4 | "You don't have to go ___ all the details" |
| 43% | MAN | 3 | Complete the Dolly Parton lyric, "Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you, please don't take my ___..." |
| 43% | ELBE | 4 | Something that will take you by all the banks in Wittenberg |
| 42% | TAXMAN | 6 | Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" |
| 42% | JOLENE | 6 | #1 Dolly Parton country hit with the lyric "I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man" |
| 41% | BLAMEME | 7 | "You don't have to take responsibility for the mistake" |
| 41% | KING | 4 | “Come at the ___, you best not miss”: Omar Little |
| 41% | EARS | 4 | They're all the better to hear you with |
| 41% | OBEY | 4 | "If you ___ all the rules, you miss all the fun" (Katharine Hepburn) |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | Organ that's all the better to see you with |
| 40% | REW | 3 | VCR button to take you back to the missed scenes: Abbr. |
| 40% | ELECTIVE | 8 | You don't have to take it |
| 39% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 39% | DAB | 3 | You don't just do the ___, you feel the ___ |
| 39% | CLIMAX | 6 | Part you don't want to miss |
| 39% | SICKLEAVE | 9 | People generally don't take it well |
| 39% | STRANGER | 8 | Person you don't know at all |
| 39% | RANDO | 5 | Someone you don't know at all |
| 39% | ELECTIVES | 9 | What you don't have to take |
| 39% | FAITH | 5 | "Taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase," per M.L.K. |
| 38% | AIRBALLS | 8 | Shots that don't even touch the rim, in hoops |
| 38% | POWERSTEERING | 13 | It might help you take a turn for the better |
| 38% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 38% | STANDING | 8 | Don't cut the bough you are __ on |