| 100% | BRICKWALL | 9 | Hit a __; meet an impassable obstacle |
| 65% | SNAG | 4 | Hit a ___ (encounter an unforeseen obstacle) |
| 56% | SNAG | 4 | Hit a ___ (an unexpected obstacle) |
| 48% | SNAG | 4 | Hit a ___ (encounter an unexpected problem) |
| 47% | SNAG | 4 | Hit a ___ (run into an unexpected problem) |
| 44% | SITSIN | 6 | Joins a meeting as an observer: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WALK | 4 | Not a hit or an out |
| 42% | SHANK | 5 | Hit in an unintended direction, as a golf ball |
| 41% | COAST | 5 | Where an ocean and a continent meet |
| 41% | RACE | 4 | Many an event at a track meet |
| 41% | ZOOMBOMB | 8 | Disrupt an online meeting, in a way |
| 41% | ABSORBS | 7 | A proton does this to an electron when they meet |
| 41% | MOUNTAINHIGH | 12 | First obstacle in a 1967 R&B hit |
| 41% | RESCORE | 7 | Change from a hit to an error, say |
| 41% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun in an Aerosmith hit |
| 41% | JAW | 3 | What a boxer may hit with an uppercut |
| 41% | ONOFFING | 8 | Title of an essay by a hit man? |
| 40% | LYINEYES | 8 | 1975 Eagles hit about a woman having an affair |
| 39% | SOS | 3 | "Sending out an ___" (much-repeated line in a Police hit) |
| 39% | OHOHOH | 6 | "What a girl" lead-in, in an Eddie Cantor hit |
| 39% | MAGGIEMAY | 9 | Rod Stewart hit about a fling with an older woman |
| 39% | DRAGBUNTS | 9 | *They're made in an attempt at a base hit |
| 39% | GATHERING | 9 | A getting-together, a meeting, an assembly |
| 39% | APPLE | 5 | Giant fruit that pops up when a Met hits a home run at Citi Field |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | When to meet a person landing at an airport, approximately: Abbr. |
| 38% | TOUCHE | 6 | In fencing, an acknowledgement that a scoring hit has been made |
| 38% | ATBAT | 5 | A walk or a hit by pitch does not count as an official one |
| 38% | ERROR | 5 | Hitting reply all on an email intended for one person can be a fatal ___ |
| 37% | LSAT | 4 | Obstacle for an aspiring D.A. |
| 37% | ICHIRO | 6 | Suzuki who racked up an MLB record 262 hits in a single season |