| 100% | TRYOUTFOR | 9 | Attempt to join, as a sports team |
| 59% | ROOT | 4 | Show support (for), as a sports team |
| 57% | TRADEFOR | 8 | Acquire midseason, as a sports team might |
| 56% | BASKETBALL | 10 | A sport in which two teams attempt to score the most points by throwing a round object into a hoop |
| 55% | WOO | 3 | Attempt to charm, as a suitor |
| 55% | TREAT | 5 | Attempt to cure, as a doctor |
| 55% | SWATAT | 6 | Attempt to smush, as a fly |
| 55% | WOO | 3 | Attempt to charm, as a woman |
| 55% | RUSH | 4 | Seek to join, as a frat |
| 55% | SWATSAT | 7 | Attempts to hit, as a fly |
| 55% | SWINGSAT | 8 | Attempts to hit, as a shuttlecock |
| 54% | UNPACK | 6 | Attempt to grasp, as a complicated situation |
| 54% | WOO | 3 | Attempt to charm, as a potential partner |
| 54% | YOKES | 5 | Joins, as a team |
| 51% | UNITE | 5 | Come together to work as a team |
| 51% | REPS | 4 | Visibly supports, as a university or sports team |
| 50% | CAPSHEET | 8 | Document of a sports team’s salary obligations relative to its allowed max |
| 50% | TRYOUT | 6 | Taster session before joining a sports team |
| 50% | CUT | 3 | Release, as from a sports team |
| 49% | SCORE | 5 | The points each sports team gets; to mark a pastry |
| 49% | MISSTHECUT | 10 | Fail to qualify, as for a team |
| 48% | TRYOUTFOR | 9 | Seek a spot on, as a sports team |
| 48% | TRADE | 5 | Sports transaction where a player is sent to another team |
| 47% | LACROSSE | 8 | Team sport using a stick with a net to catch balls |
| 47% | SQUADGOAL | 9 | Something to aspire to, as a team |
| 46% | IDLE | 4 | Not scheduled to play, as a pro team |
| 46% | NYAD | 4 | 2023 biopic starring Annette Bening as a swimmer attempting to cross the Straits of Florida |
| 45% | WEDS | 4 | Joins as a couple |
| 45% | TROPHY | 6 | Award given to a winning sports team |
| 45% | ROSTER | 6 | List of players on a sports team |