| 100% | NAISMITH | 8 | James A —, originator of the game of basketball |
| 62% | HORN | 4 | Sound that signifies the end of a basketball game |
| 59% | HORN | 4 | Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games |
| 59% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 56% | FIVE | 4 | Number of players on the court for each team in a basketball game |
| 56% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 55% | SPIN | 4 | First step of a turn in The Game of Life |
| 55% | CAROM | 5 | American term for a cannon in the game of pool |
| 55% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 55% | ACE | 3 | Card that beats a king in the game of war |
| 55% | HALFTIME | 8 | A break in the middle of a game |
| 55% | PAR | 3 | "LeBron James is at ___ with most of the legends of basketball" |
| 55% | PLAYIN | 6 | Opening-round game of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament |
| 54% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SWEEP | 5 | Win all the games of a series |
| 54% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 54% | CUE | 3 | Game stick that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 54% | RISK | 4 | Board game featuring a map of the world |
| 53% | ABRAM | 5 | The "A" of James A. Garfield |
| 53% | ABRAM | 5 | The “A” of James A. Garfield |
| 53% | RIM | 3 | The edge of a basketball hoop |
| 53% | CUE | 3 | Long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 53% | CUE | 3 | Long, tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 53% | KICKBALL | 8 | Game whose name is also a key step of the game |
| 53% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Originator of the maxim "One swallow does not make a summer" |
| 53% | HIDE | 4 | Part of the title of a child's game |
| 53% | RISK | 4 | Classic board game featuring a map of the world |
| 52% | BIAS | 4 | Bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl in the game of bowls |
| 52% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 52% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | The black sphere in a game of pool |