| 100% | FLOP | 4 | Exaggerated attempt to draw a foul call, in basketball |
| 100% | FLOPS | 5 | Exaggerated attempts to draw a foul call, in basketball |
| 48% | FLOP | 4 | Basketball move intended to draw a foul |
| 47% | FLOPS | 5 | Attempts to take a charge in basketball, many times |
| 44% | FLOPS | 5 | Attempts at duping basketball or soccer referees to calling fouls, perhaps |
| 40% | SHOOT | 5 | Attempt to score in basketball |
| 40% | NAMEDROP | 8 | Attempt to impress, in a way |
| 40% | STIR | 4 | Attempt to cool, in a way |
| 38% | TIME | 4 | Call to a basketball referee |
| 37% | SMEARCAMPAIGN | 13 | Attempt to discredit a rival in the media (2 words) |
| 37% | PUMPFAKE | 8 | Feigned attempt to pass the ball in basketball |
| 37% | REF | 3 | Foul caller in a basketball game |
| 37% | CAUGHTONGUARD | 13 | Fouled in basketball, in a way? |
| 37% | FACETIMED | 9 | Called to see, in a way |
| 37% | ELBOW | 5 | Throwing this in basketball might earn you a foul |
| 37% | SPIN | 4 | Attempt to control the narrative, in a way |
| 37% | ALARUM | 6 | Call to arms, in a Shakespearean vein |
| 36% | AIM | 3 | Prepare to take a shot, as in basketball |
| 36% | HERR | 4 | What to call a man in Mannheim |
| 36% | HOTLINE | 7 | What to call with in a crisis |
| 35% | UTILE | 5 | It's useful to draw one in Scrabble if you have a Q |
| 35% | EMOTRY | 6 | Attempt at listening to broody music? (... to a school in Georgia) |
| 35% | AJAX | 4 | He duels Hector to a draw in the Illiad |
| 34% | BRO | 3 | A term used to call someone you probably hear in a frat |
| 34% | BILLYGOAT | 9 | One attempting to outsmart a bridge troll, in a classic fairy tale |
| 34% | AARON | 5 | Name likely to come first in a class roll call |
| 34% | UMP | 3 | Guy that's involved in deciding to call a strike |
| 34% | BOOTH | 5 | Popular place to make a phone call, in the '50s |
| 34% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 33% | SYLVIAMENDEZ | 12 | Her attempt to enroll in a segregated school led to a historic nineteen-forties court case |