The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Twelve hardwood words are boxed out across this medium grid, from a quiet assist to a rim-rattling dunk. Medium difficulty means diagonals and reversed words join the game, so a fast break might sprint uphill and a layup can roll in backwards — keep your head on a swivel like a good defender.
| K | N | A | L | T | A | B | L | N | E | V | S | M | O |
| N | D | P | R | A | F | A | S | T | B | R | E | A | K |
| U | E | U | T | O | Y | O | G | P | A | S | C | O | R |
| D | T | Y | R | O | L | T | O | H | S | P | M | U | J |
| S | A | A | A | T | E | O | S | P | S | T | Z | G | W |
| I | T | L | V | D | Y | D | L | B | I | E | R | O | B |
| S | D | O | E | E | E | N | V | U | S | V | R | D | D |
| D | K | U | L | G | S | U | T | Z | T | H | O | R | N |
| U | O | L | I | R | K | O | Z | Z | T | R | F | T | N |
| T | A | O | N | Y | S | B | O | E | A | E | N | S | O |
| T | U | T | G | U | R | E | E | R | E | U | E | N | S |
| V | E | T | W | F | D | R | A | O | B | K | C | A | B |
| O | W | P | C | E | F | B | A | D | O | R | E | E | A |
| O | H | I | A | D | N | U | P | E | E | R | W | O | O |
| K | N | A | L | T | A | B | L | N | E | V | S | M | O |
| N | D | P | R | A | F | A | S | T | B | R | E | A | K |
| U | E | U | T | O | Y | O | G | P | A | S | C | O | R |
| D | T | Y | R | O | L | T | O | H | S | P | M | U | J |
| S | A | A | A | T | E | O | S | P | S | T | Z | G | W |
| I | T | L | V | D | Y | D | L | B | I | E | R | O | B |
| S | D | O | E | E | E | N | V | U | S | V | R | D | D |
| D | K | U | L | G | S | U | T | Z | T | H | O | R | N |
| U | O | L | I | R | K | O | Z | Z | T | R | F | T | N |
| T | A | O | N | Y | S | B | O | E | A | E | N | S | O |
| T | U | T | G | U | R | E | E | R | E | U | E | N | S |
| V | E | T | W | F | D | R | A | O | B | K | C | A | B |
| O | W | P | C | E | F | B | A | D | O | R | E | E | A |
| O | H | I | A | D | N | U | P | E | E | R | W | O | O |