| 100% | POSTUP | 6 | Prepare for a pass, in basketball |
| 65% | STEALING | 8 | Intercepting a pass in basketball |
| 63% | GODEEP | 6 | Prepare for a long pass |
| 62% | SET | 3 | Prepare for a spike, in volleyball |
| 62% | CARBOLOADS | 10 | Prepares for a marathon, in a way |
| 61% | RERACKED | 8 | Prepared for a new break, in billiards |
| 61% | HID | 3 | Prepared for a surprise party, in a way |
| 58% | POSTDATE | 8 | Prepare for later, in a way |
| 58% | ANOINT | 6 | Prepare for sacrifice, in a way |
| 58% | CHOP | 4 | Prepare for sushi, in a way |
| 58% | ENROBE | 6 | Prepare for court, in a way |
| 58% | TIDYUP | 6 | Prepare for company, in a way |
| 58% | FLOURS | 6 | Prepares for frying, in a way |
| 58% | FLOURS | 6 | Prepares for baking, in a way |
| 58% | CORED | 5 | Prepared for pie, in a way |
| 58% | STERILE | 7 | Prepared for surgery, in a way |
| 58% | SPARRING | 8 | Preparing for battle, in a way |
| 58% | ASSIST | 6 | In basketball, a pass that helps another score |
| 57% | TWOPOINTS | 9 | Score for a basket in basketball: 2 wds. |
| 57% | STOCKUP | 7 | Prepare for an emergency, in a way |
| 57% | DEICE | 5 | Prepare for the runway, in a way |
| 56% | FOUL | 4 | Cause for a free throw, in basketball |
| 56% | PIVOT | 5 | Another term for a center, in basketball |
| 56% | PLAYMAKER | 9 | Alternative name for a point guard in basketball |
| 56% | ANDONE | 6 | Extra point for a shooting foul, in basketball |
| 56% | GODEEP | 6 | Try for a long pass, in football lingo |
| 56% | OPEN | 4 | In the clear for a pass |
| 54% | ONE | 3 | Number of points scored for a free throw in basketball |
| 52% | GET | 3 | With 50-Across, prepare for sex with a new partner, in a way |
| 51% | REF | 3 | One who cries "Foul!" in a basketball game, for short |