| 100% | HUT | 3 | Quarterback's shout before the ball is hiked |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | Where a golf ball is placed before the first hit |
| 42% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Cinderella's coach, before the ball |
| 41% | FUMBLE | 6 | *Oops* Football blunder where a player loses the ball even before being tackled |
| 40% | TGIF | 4 | Shout before the weekend |
| 38% | YOURCOURT | 9 | When it's your decision, the ball is in here |
| 38% | VOLLEYS | 7 | Tennis shots that are hit before the ball bounces |
| 38% | YOURCOURT | 9 | Idiom, the ball is in __ |
| 37% | ONTWO | 5 | Quarterback's "Snap the ball at the second 'hut'" |
| 37% | HITITFAT | 8 | Strike turf before the ball, in golf |
| 37% | FIELDPOSITION | 13 | Where the ball is on a gridiron |
| 36% | CAM | 3 | Quarterback Newton who was the NFL's MVP in 2015 |
| 36% | DAN | 3 | Quarterback Marino who was the NFL's MVP in 1984 |
| 36% | FIVES | 5 | Sport from England where the ball is hit against a special wall with the player's hand |
| 35% | OER | 3 | 12th last word sung before the ball game begins |
| 35% | NET | 3 | What the ball is hit over in table tennis |
| 35% | LAMAR | 5 | Quarterback Jackson who was the NFL's MVP in 2019 and 2023 |
| 34% | DREWBREES | 9 | Quarterback who was Sports Illustrated's 2010 Sportsman of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NUTMEGS | 7 | Soccer moves in which the ball is kicked or dribbled through the defender's legs (named after a certain spice) |
| 34% | VOLLEYS | 7 | Plays the ball before it hits ground |
| 34% | READY | 5 | Word before the starter pistol is fired |
| 34% | LII | 3 | Year before the emperor Trajan was born |
| 34% | PUTT | 4 | Soft golf shot for when the ball is close to the hole |
| 33% | PELICANS | 8 | Anthony Davis's NBA team before he was traded to the Lakers |
| 33% | GETOFFASHOT | 11 | Manage to heave the ball before time expires |
| 33% | THEDAWN | 7 | The darkest hour is just before __ |
| 33% | TEE | 3 | Where a golfer places the ball before hitting it |
| 33% | EOD | 3 | Hand it over before the work hours are finished |
| 33% | TAPIOCA | 7 | What the balls in bubble tea are made from |
| 32% | NIGHTMARE | 9 | The __ Before Christmas was released in 1993 |