| 100% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Pass-dunk play in basketball (Hyph.) |
| 85% | GIVEANDGO | 9 | Passing play in basketball or hockey |
| 72% | OOP | 3 | Play in basketball, Alley-___ |
| 71% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, offensive play in basketball |
| 71% | OOP | 3 | Pass leading to a dunk, in basketball lingo |
| 68% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, an offensive play in basketball |
| 68% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, popular offensive play in basketball |
| 64% | THROW | 5 | Pass, in football or basketball |
| 64% | STUFFSHOT | 9 | Dunk in basketball |
| 63% | ASSIST | 6 | In basketball, a pass that helps another score |
| 60% | TWEENER | 7 | Player who can play in two positions in basketball |
| 60% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball pass before a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 59% | STEALING | 8 | Intercepting a pass in basketball |
| 59% | NOLOOK | 6 | Kind of pass in basketball |
| 58% | ALLEYOOPS | 9 | Basketball plays that might result in a miss? |
| 58% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___ (looping pass in a play) |
| 58% | ALLEY | 5 | ___-oop, offensive play in basketball where the scoring player catches the ball in mid-air |
| 57% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball play that ends with a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 57% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Basketball star who played himself in "Trainwreck": 2 wds. |
| 56% | HOOKSHOTS | 9 | Basketball plays in which players’ arms make an arced movement |
| 55% | FOULPROOF | 9 | Like one playing basketball in a suit of armor? |
| 53% | LIZCAMBAGE | 10 | First woman to dunk in an Olympic basketball game: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MADHOPS | 7 | Dunker’s gift, in basketball lingo |
| 51% | PUMPFAKE | 8 | Feigned attempt to pass the ball in basketball |
| 51% | NOLOOK | 6 | Like some tricky passes in basketball |
| 50% | NIL | 3 | Losing score in the first official basketball game played on January 20, 1892 |
| 50% | LOVING | 6 | Marc ___, basketballer who plays for the Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League |
| 50% | MAV | 3 | Dallas basketball team playing in 3-Down, for short |
| 50% | POSTUP | 6 | Prepare for a pass, in basketball |
| 49% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___ (looping pass in basketball) |