| 100% | DRIBBLING | 9 | Using hands to move the ball in basketball |
| 58% | DRIBBLE | 7 | In basketball, to bounce the ball while moving |
| 55% | PUMPFAKE | 8 | Feigned attempt to pass the ball in basketball |
| 53% | BAT | 3 | Used to hit the ball in baseball |
| 51% | DRIBBLING | 9 | Bouncing the ball while moving in basketball |
| 49% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate, in basketball |
| 45% | WARRIORS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from Philadelphia to the Golden State's Bay Area in 1962 |
| 44% | CUE | 3 | The stick used to hit balls in pool |
| 41% | CUE | 3 | Long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 41% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a basketball teammate |
| 41% | NYE | 3 | Time to drop the ball, in brief |
| 41% | CUE | 3 | Long, tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 41% | MAUL | 4 | Loose scrum formed around a rugby player with the ball in hand |
| 40% | PASSED | 6 | Threw the ball to the receiver, in football |
| 40% | WERE | 4 | Used to be, in the plural |
| 40% | STIRS | 5 | Moves the spoon in the pot to mix the liquid properly |
| 40% | BLUDGER | 7 | The black iron ball used in Quidditch |
| 40% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 39% | TOUCHDOWN | 9 | Making it to the end zone with ball in hand |
| 39% | CASTLING | 8 | In chess, to move the king over the rook |
| 39% | JUGGLE | 6 | To keep balls in the air |
| 39% | KITE | 4 | Toy to use in the wind |
| 39% | DRIBBLE | 7 | Basketball term for moving the ball on the court |
| 39% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | The direction in which the hands of time move |
| 39% | PINCHPASS | 9 | Basketball play where ball is moved to weak side |
| 39% | SWAY | 4 | Move to and fro, like trees in the breeze |
| 39% | SCOURER | 7 | Use it in the kitchen to scrub pans clean |
| 38% | PETROLEUM | 9 | The P in OPEC, which moved to Vienna in 1965 |
| 38% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 38% | STAMP | 5 | Use one to send a letter anywhere in the world |