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| 48% | SHOOT | 5 | Attempt to score in basketball |
| 42% | ONTHIRD | 7 | Close to scoring, in a way |
| 38% | WORKLOAD | 8 | How busy you are in your job from day to day |
| 38% | SAFARI | 6 | Trip to see animals up close in native environment |
| 37% | LIN | 3 | Basketball star Jeremy traded from the Knicks to the Rockets in 2012 |
| 37% | CLIPPERS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984 |
| 36% | QUAKERBOATS | 11 | How Robert Hodgson and his compatriots got to New Amsterdam from England in 1657? |
| 36% | HANSELANDGRETEL | 15 | Story mapped out in this grid, from lower left to upper right |
| 36% | RACKUP | 6 | To score in a match; accomplish |
| 36% | WARRIORS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from Philadelphia to the Golden State's Bay Area in 1962 |
| 36% | ARM | 3 | Either of the upper limbs from the shoulder to the wrist in man |
| 35% | SLIDINGSHOT | 11 | Attempt to score in hockey? |
| 35% | TRY | 3 | Attempt to score in rugby |
| 35% | RUN | 3 | Manage to score in cricket |
| 34% | TOUCHDOWN | 9 | A way to score in American football |
| 34% | SHOTS | 5 | Attempts to score, in hockey |
| 34% | BOLTINGFORHOME | 14 | Sprinting to score, in baseball |
| 34% | APLUS | 5 | Score in the upper 90s |
| 34% | GED | 3 | Test whose scores range from 100 to 200, in brief |
| 34% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score, in basketball |
| 33% | AMORE | 5 | How to say "love" in Rome |
| 33% | OUI | 3 | How to say "yes" in France |
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| 33% | OUI | 3 | How to say "yes" in Paris |
| 33% | PASSGO | 6 | How to collect $200 in Monopoly |
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| 33% | PEGBOARD | 8 | Game base for solitaire or to score in cribbage |
| 33% | ANAGRAM | 7 | How to get from Ames to Mesa |
| 33% | BYEAR | 5 | How to play without knowing the score? |