| 100% | GOALTEND | 8 | Do something illegal around a basketball hoop |
| 41% | NET | 3 | What's attached to a basketball hoop |
| 41% | NET | 3 | What's suspended from a basketball hoop |
| 41% | RIM | 3 | Round metal part of a basketball hoop |
| 40% | ABETS | 5 | Helps do something illegal |
| 39% | SLAMDUNK | 8 | Basketball shot, also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Edge of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Part of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Part of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | SHOTAT | 6 | Targeted, as a basketball hoop |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Outer edge of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Mesh part of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | The edge of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Metal part of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Edge of a basketball hoop, say |
| 39% | RIM | 3 | Rigid part of a basketball hoop |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Replaceable part of a basketball hoop |
| 38% | ACT | 3 | Caught in the ___ (seen doing something illegal) |
| 38% | NAILSIT | 7 | Does something to a T |
| 38% | RAISEDEYEBROWS | 14 | Did something a bit shocking |
| 38% | CONSPIRE | 8 | To plan in secret to do something illegal |
| 37% | NET | 3 | What a basketball hoop has attached to it |
| 37% | NET | 3 | What hangs from a basketball hoop's rim |
| 37% | NET | 3 | Part of a basketball hoop or tennis court |
| 37% | TAPE | 4 | Something wrapped around a hockey stick |
| 37% | BREAKSTHEMOLD | 13 | Does something in a novel way |
| 37% | RIM | 3 | Part of a basketball hoop or a snare drum |
| 37% | NET | 3 | Mesh that hangs from a basketball hoop's rim |
| 37% | POLICETAPE | 10 | Something found around a crime scene, literally |
| 37% | BOUNCE | 6 | What a basketball can do |