| 100% | TRADE | 5 | NBA term that refers to the exchange of player rights from one team to another |
| 39% | SSIS | 4 | Term of address from one girlfriend to another |
| 39% | BIGGUY | 6 | Term of endearment from one man to another |
| 38% | SACCADE | 7 | Rapid movement of the eye from one point to another |
| 36% | TRANSIT | 7 | The carrying of goods from one place to another |
| 35% | BYRONSCOTT | 10 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHRINKFLATION | 13 | Term added to Merriam-Webster in 2023 that refers to the practice of reducing a product's size while continuing to offer it at the same price |
| 34% | GASOL | 5 | One of only three non-American NBA players to win Rookie of the Year |
| 34% | KABADDI | 7 | Team sport that originated in India where the "raider" from one team tries to tag opponents without getting caught |
| 34% | NAT | 3 | ___ "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first Black players to play in the NBA |
| 34% | LACLIPPERS | 10 | One of the only two NBA teams that share an arena |
| 34% | STAIR | 5 | Set of steps leading from one floor to another |
| 34% | SPANNED | 7 | The bridge __ from one side to another |
| 33% | FOOD | 4 | ___ scarcity, term referring to a lack of nutritional sources that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 33% | TEN | 3 | Roll that could get you from one corner of a Monopoly board to the next |
| 33% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Term originating through card games that means to copy the actions of the one before you: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SMS | 3 | Form of texting from one phone to another |
| 32% | HANDOVER | 8 | Transfer of power from one party to another |
| 32% | MIGRATION | 9 | Movement of birds from one country to another |
| 32% | JUGULAR | 7 | — vein, any one of four in the neck that return blood to the heart from the head |
| 32% | CLAUDIOREYNA | 12 | One of the greatest soccer players from the U.S. who captained the 2006 FIFA World Cup team: 2 wds. |
| 32% | COOTIE | 6 | "Germ" that's passed from one child to another |
| 32% | TELEPATHY | 9 | Supposed transfer of ideas from one mind to another |
| 32% | ABC | 3 | Another way of referring to the alphabet |
| 32% | BILL | 4 | NBA Hall of Famer ___ Russell, who was the leader of a Boston Celtics team that won 11 titles from 1957-1969 |
| 32% | TEMPLE | 6 | "Legends of the Hidden ___," popular Nickelodeon action game show that features six teams of children competing against one another |
| 32% | YANK | 4 | One of the players on the winning team that played the Braves in the '58 World Series |
| 32% | BIRDIE | 6 | Term that refers to a golf score that is one less than par |
| 31% | EMAIL | 5 | System of sending text and graphics from one computer to another |
| 31% | BRICK | 5 | ___ Gothic, term that refers to a specific subset of Gothic architecture |