| 100% | TEAMGAMES | 9 | Baseball, and sometimes bowling, but not boxing |
| 54% | SPHERES | 7 | Baseballs and basketballs, but not footballs |
| 54% | TEAMGAME | 8 | Baseball or football, but not boxing |
| 53% | SPHERES | 7 | Baseballs and basketballs, but not rugby balls |
| 49% | WIISPORTS | 9 | Tennis, baseball, bowling, boxing, and golf |
| 48% | TEAMEVENTS | 10 | Curling and rugby, but not boxing, in the Olympics |
| 40% | STRIKE | 6 | Term in baseball and bowling |
| 39% | SPAR | 4 | Box, but not seriously |
| 37% | STRAY | 5 | Tramp, but not Lady, in “Lady and the Tramp” |
| 36% | CONTAINER | 9 | Cup or bowl, but not a plate |
| 36% | ORB | 3 | Baseball or basketball, but not football |
| 35% | MEN | 3 | Popes and cardinals, but not nuns |
| 35% | ODORS | 5 | Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold |
| 35% | CARS | 4 | Mercury and Saturn, but not Uranus |
| 35% | TSARS | 5 | Peter and Paul, but not Mary |
| 35% | FRAGRANCES | 10 | Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold |
| 35% | NAMES | 5 | May and June, but not July |
| 35% | AREACODES | 9 | 409 and 410, but not 411 |
| 35% | BIGCATS | 7 | Lions and tigers, but not bears |
| 35% | BRANDNAMES | 10 | Wilson and Hoover, but not Eisenhower |
| 35% | AUTOS | 5 | Lincoln and Ford, but not Clinton |
| 35% | NOTES | 5 | F and G, but not H |
| 35% | SEAS | 4 | Red and Coral, but not pink |
| 35% | ELEMENTS | 8 | Gold and silver, but not bronze |
| 35% | EASED | 5 | Relaxed and stopped, but not initially |
| 35% | ROCKBANDS | 9 | Boston and Chicago, but not Seattle |
| 35% | SOFTTISSUE | 10 | Muscles and nerves, but not teeth |
| 35% | PLANETS | 7 | Mercury and Mars, but not Minerva |
| 35% | ODD | 3 | 3 and 9, but not 6 |
| 35% | AREACODES | 9 | 222 and 444, but not 666 |