| 100% | FORONCE | 7 | As a total departure from the norm |
| 56% | VARIATION | 9 | Departure from the norm |
| 56% | ANOMALY | 7 | Departure from the norm |
| 56% | ABERRANCE | 9 | Departure from the norm |
| 56% | DEVIATION | 9 | Departure from the norm |
| 49% | FORONCE | 7 | As a welcome change from the usual |
| 48% | OLD | 3 | From the past, as a story |
| 48% | RADICALLY | 9 | In a drastic departure from the usual |
| 46% | REAPED | 6 | Gathered from the field, as a harvest |
| 46% | RECALLS | 7 | Removes from the market, as a defective product |
| 46% | AXED | 4 | Removed from the schedule, as a TV show |
| 46% | TALLEST | 7 | Rising furthest from the ground, as a sequoia |
| 46% | OFFCALENDAR | 11 | *Removed from the docket, as a legal hearing |
| 46% | UPLIT | 5 | Illuminated from the base, as a holiday tree |
| 45% | ENMASSE | 7 | Altogether, as a whole, from the French language |
| 45% | TILLERED | 8 | Sent forth new shoots from the base, as a plant |
| 44% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove from the top of the feed, as a Facebook post |
| 44% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove, as a tweet from the top of one's profile |
| 44% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove from the top of one's profile, as a tweet |
| 43% | CLEAN | 5 | Wash the dirt off, as from a shell |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | Former Saturday Night Live cast member who announced her departure from the show in a September Instagram post |
| 42% | EJECT | 5 | Remove from a game, as for brawling on the field |
| 41% | ABERRATION | 10 | Departure from the normal |
| 41% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
| 41% | FLED | 4 | Skedaddled, as from the scene of a crime |
| 40% | ANOMALY | 7 | Strange result, deviation from the norm |
| 40% | ANOMALY | 7 | Deviation from the norm |
| 40% | DEVIANT | 7 | Departing from the norm |
| 40% | DEVIATE | 7 | Break from the norm |
| 40% | ABERRANT | 8 | Deviating from the norm |