| 100% | BAT | 3 | What you hit the ball with during a baseball game? |
| 87% | STICK | 5 | What you hit the ball with during a hockey game? |
| 78% | CLUB | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a golf match? |
| 78% | HAND | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a volleyball match? |
| 72% | CUE | 3 | What you hit the white ball with during a billiards game? |
| 66% | LEG | 3 | What you kick the ball with during a soccer match? |
| 43% | TEA | 3 | What you might have a ball with |
| 42% | AMILLI | 6 | 2008 Lil Wayne hit with the lyric "Okay, you're a goon, but what's a goon to a goblin?" |
| 41% | BAT | 3 | What a baseball is hit with |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| 40% | DODGEBALL | 9 | Game in which players hit opponents with a ball |
| 40% | BOCCE | 5 | Game with a target ball known as the pallino |
| 40% | KARATECHOP | 10 | What's a big hit with the school board? |
| 39% | AMORE | 5 | What you feel "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie" |
| 39% | GLAD | 4 | "___ You Came," The Wanted hit with a "happy" title |
| 38% | WILDPITCH | 9 | *Boo during a baseball game |
| 38% | ROSIN | 5 | What a baseball pitcher uses to improve their grip on the ball |
| 38% | BEAN | 4 | Hit in the head with a pitched baseball |
| 38% | CUE | 3 | What a billiards player strikes the ball with |
| 38% | COBB | 4 | What would you call a salad with the ingredients lined up in rows? |
| 38% | TOOSIE | 6 | "___ Slide" (2020 Drake hit with a video set during the pandemic) |
| 38% | ALOU | 4 | Name of the baseball family with a combined 7,228 hits |
| 38% | CAP | 3 | Headgear often worn during a baseball game |
| 38% | UMPED | 5 | Worked at home during a baseball game? |
| 38% | RACKET | 6 | Serena Williams hits the ball with this |
| 37% | BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS | 21 | "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? |
| 37% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Piano Man who had a hit with Just the Way You Are |
| 37% | FIVES | 5 | Sport from England where the ball is hit against a special wall with the player's hand |
| 37% | FOXYLADY | 8 | 1967 hit with the lyric "You know you're a cute little heartbreaker" |
| 37% | EVERCLEAR | 9 | 90's band with the hit "I Will Buy You a New Life" |