| 100% | AIMAT | 5 | Point with intent to shoot |
| 53% | BURGLE | 6 | Break into with intent to steal |
| 51% | FORGED | 6 | Copied with intent to deceive, as a signature |
| 50% | SLR | 3 | Something to shoot with, briefly |
| 49% | FOCUS | 5 | Prepare to shoot with a Canon |
| 46% | AIMED | 5 | Prepared to shoot, as Cupid with a bow and arrow |
| 46% | INTERVENE | 9 | To come between with the intent of preventing |
| 45% | EMPTIES | 7 | Bottles point to politician with connections |
| 44% | ASPARAGUS | 9 | Plant related to lilies with edible shoots |
| 44% | CHOCOLATEKISSES | 15 | Sweet little things with points to them |
| 44% | BULLETISM | 9 | Shooting of ink at paper to make images with blots |
| 43% | ROPE | 4 | "Sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a ___": George Burns |
| 43% | ELM | 3 | Tree with serrated leaves that taper to a point |
| 43% | FOREHAND | 8 | Tennis shot with palm/racket facing to the front |
| 42% | GIVE | 4 | Provide soldier with victory, to a point |
| 41% | OPTING | 6 | Choosing to break point with force |
| 41% | ASPIRE | 6 | Shoot for, with "to" |
| 41% | ASPIRE | 6 | Shoot for, with 'to' |
| 41% | ASPIRE | 6 | Shoot for, with “to” |
| 41% | SAFETYPIN | 9 | Fastener with a guard to cover its sharp point: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PSY | 3 | The rapper who shot to fame with his track "Gangnam Style" |
| 41% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which the object is to end with zero points |
| 40% | NIT | 3 | A little point to pick, or an insect egg (rhymes with "hit") |
| 39% | PICKAXE | 7 | Tool with a pointed end, used to break stone |
| 38% | DISARMED | 8 | No longer able to shoot |
| 38% | PAR | 3 | It's hard to shoot |
| 38% | POSTSUP | 7 | Nears the basket to shoot |
| 38% | RITA | 4 | ___ Ora, a famous singer and actress who shot to fame with "Hot Right Now" |
| 38% | APEX | 4 | The highest point of something, to reach the ___ (rhymes with "latex") |
| 37% | MILEY | 5 | Former Disney child actress, ___ Cyrus who shot to fame with her TV series "Hannah Montana" |