| 100% | WENTOUTOFBOUNDS | 15 | Forfeited possession of the ball, in hoops |
| 66% | ONSIDE | 6 | ___ kick (unconventional attempt to maintain possession of the ball in football) |
| 53% | SOLIDS | 6 | All but one of the balls in 9-Ball |
| 52% | PUNT | 4 | Get rid of the ball, in a way |
| 52% | LETITFLY | 8 | Shoot the ball, in hoops lingo |
| 52% | HEDGEHOGS | 9 | The balls in the Queen of Hearts' croquet game |
| 51% | HITTO | 5 | Bat the ball in the direction of |
| 51% | AWARE | 5 | In possession of the knowledge |
| 51% | COINFLIP | 8 | Super Bowl pregame event that determines possession of the ball (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BOULE | 5 | Ball in the game of pétanque |
| 50% | BAT | 3 | It hits the ball in the sport of cricket |
| 50% | RED | 3 | Colour of the ball worth one point in snooker |
| 50% | YELLOW | 6 | Colour of the ball worth two points in snooker |
| 48% | SCORED | 6 | Got a goal, put the ball in the back of the net |
| 48% | BLUDGER | 7 | Large iron ball in the game of Quidditch |
| 48% | RED | 3 | Color of most of the balls in snooker |
| 47% | LEG | 3 | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| 47% | TRIANGLE | 8 | Shape of the frame for placing balls in pool |
| 47% | CUB | 3 | Member of the ball club that plays home games in Chicago's Wrigley Field |
| 46% | MICROBEAD | 9 | One of the little plastic balls in a facial scrub |
| 46% | TWINE | 5 | The ball in Cawker City, KS, which weighs over 20,000 lb., is made of this material |
| 46% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky |
| 45% | COCHONNET | 9 | The target ball or jack in a game of pétanque |
| 45% | LIONEL | 6 | With 33-Across, winner of the Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup |
| 45% | CUE | 3 | Long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 45% | CUE | 3 | Long, tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 44% | SKEETER | 7 | One of the guys who plays ball in the ALPB in Sugar Land, Texas |
| 44% | QUAFFLE | 7 | Scarlet-colored ball in the wizarding game of Quidditch that's worth 10 points |
| 44% | EDAM | 4 | What's wrapped up in the whole ball of wax? |
| 43% | ARUBA | 5 | Possession of the Netherlands |