| 100% | REACHIN | 7 | Try to steal a basketball from another player, e.g. |
| 42% | RUN | 3 | Try to steal a base |
| 42% | SLID | 4 | Tried to steal a base, perhaps |
| 41% | SLID | 4 | Tried to steal a base by diving |
| 41% | APPLY | 5 | Try to get a grant, e.g. |
| 40% | REACHEDIN | 9 | Tried to steal the basketball |
| 40% | REACHIN | 7 | Try to steal the basketball, say |
| 39% | ERR | 3 | Try to fit a square peg in a round hole, e.g. |
| 37% | ROB | 3 | To steal from a bank, say |
| 37% | MUG | 3 | Try to get a laugh from the audience, maybe |
| 37% | REACHIN | 7 | Try to get something from a bag |
| 37% | DOMESTIC | 8 | Like a flight from L.A. to Chicago, e.g. |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Try to collect money from, in a way |
| 36% | TINEAR | 6 | Inability to tell A from B, e.g. |
| 36% | REACHIN | 7 | Try to get something from a grab bag, say |
| 36% | SET | 3 | Encyclopedia from A to Z, e.g. |
| 35% | SUES | 4 | Tries to get money from in a court of law |
| 35% | HOMAGE | 6 | Pregame tribute video to a former player, e.g. |
| 35% | JOURNEY | 7 | A trip from one place to another |
| 34% | SHOPLIFT | 8 | To hide and steal goods from a store |
| 34% | NOTE | 4 | Any letter from A to G |
| 34% | SEVENTH | 7 | Musical interval from A to G |
| 34% | TRADE | 5 | Move a goalie from the Philadelphia Union to the Portland Timbers, e.g. |
| 34% | SHRIVEL | 7 | Go from a grape to a raisin, e.g. |
| 34% | ABDICATE | 8 | To step down from power, e.g. a monarch |
| 34% | SYNONYM | 7 | Try to stab, e.g. |
| 33% | HEPATITIS | 9 | Liver infection; types range from A to E |
| 33% | ASSET | 5 | Height, to a basketball player |
| 33% | CHANNEL | 7 | Switch from one to another with a TV remote |
| 33% | MELT | 4 | Go from one state to another, in a way |