| 100% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunting banter between players |
| 69% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunting exchange between players |
| 48% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Disses exchanged between players |
| 44% | DIALOG | 6 | Exchange between players |
| 43% | SPAT | 4 | Silly banter between lovers |
| 41% | FRISBEE | 7 | Plastic disk for tossing between players |
| 38% | ATTACK | 6 | Players between midfield and defense in lacrosse |
| 38% | FACEOFFS | 8 | Matchups between two hockey players |
| 36% | PICKOFF | 7 | Putout of a player between bases |
| 36% | JERSEYSWAP | 10 | Postgame photo op between two opposing players |
| 33% | GRAF | 4 | World No. 1 tennis player between Navratilova and Seles |
| 32% | RATHER | 6 | Would You ___, conversation game where players choose between two options |
| 32% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunts between teams, or an apt description of 16-, 29-, and 48-Across? |
| 29% | MASSENBURG | 10 | Former basketball player Tony ___ who played with twelve different teams between 1990 - 2005 |
| 29% | SOSA | 4 | Sammy —, Chicago Cubs MLB player who hit 179 home runs between 1998-2000 |
| 29% | BOB | 3 | ___ Pettit, basketball player who won the MVP 2 times between 1956 to 1959 |
| 29% | BILL | 4 | ___ Russell, basketball player who won the MVP 5 times between 1958 to 1965 |
| 29% | JORDAN | 6 | Michael ___, basketball player who won the MVP 5 times between 1988 to 1998 |
| 28% | AARONWILLIAMS | 13 | Former basketball player who played with ten different teams between 1993 - 2008: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KAREEM | 6 | ___ Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player who won the MVP 6 times between 1971 to 1980 |
| 28% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, basketball player who has won the MVP 4 times between 2009 to 2013 |
| 28% | AHVAN | 5 | Patrick —, New Zealand-born rugby league player at Widnes Vikings between 2012 and 2019 |
| 26% | DARE | 4 | Truth or ___, conversation game where players must choose between answering a question or completing a challenge |
| 26% | DELATOUR | 8 | Georges —, French Baroque painter whose works include Job Taunted by his Wife and The Dice Players |
| 26% | SAMMYSOSA | 9 | Chicago Cubs MLB player who hit 179 home runs in the three seasons between 1998-2000 |
| 26% | GIBING | 6 | Taunting |
| 25% | JOSHING | 7 | Banter |
| 25% | REPARTEE | 8 | Banter |
| 25% | JIVE | 4 | Banter |
| 25% | CHAFF | 5 | Banter |