| 100% | RIF | 3 | Discharge from the military, informally |
| 79% | SALVO | 5 | Discharge from the military |
| 59% | EGEST | 5 | Discharge from the body |
| 59% | DEMOB | 5 | Discharge from the army |
| 59% | EGESTS | 6 | Discharges from the body |
| 57% | DEMOB | 5 | Discharge from the R.A.F. |
| 56% | RIF | 3 | Discharge from service, informally |
| 56% | AWOL | 4 | Missing from the military: Abbr. |
| 56% | SALVO | 5 | One discharged from the Navy? |
| 55% | FURLOUGH | 8 | Leave of absence from the military |
| 55% | AWOL | 4 | Missing from the military base (Abbr.) |
| 54% | AWOL | 4 | Illegally away from the military base: Abbr. |
| 54% | DRUMOUT | 7 | "Musically" expel from the military: 2 wds. |
| 54% | RESERVED | 8 | __ occupation, job that exempts from the military |
| 53% | DOA | 3 | Doomed from the start, informally |
| 53% | BRIT | 4 | One from the UK, informally |
| 51% | NYER | 4 | Person from the Big Apple, informally |
| 49% | AWOL | 4 | Missing from the base, in the military: Abbr. |
| 49% | PSYOP | 5 | Mental warfare from the U.S. military, briefly |
| 47% | HBOMB | 5 | What awakens Godzilla from the ocean, informally |
| 47% | EMISSION | 8 | The electrons discharged from a surface |
| 45% | FREEPR | 6 | The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally |
| 45% | NAV | 3 | From part of the military: Abbr. |
| 45% | PSYOP | 5 | Military initiative that seeks to influence the enemy's mind, informally |
| 44% | BACK | 4 | "Elvis is ___!," 1960 album by Elvis Presley that was recorded after his discharge from the U.S. Army |
| 44% | TEMPLARS | 8 | Military Church order from the Middle Ages |
| 44% | THRU | 4 | From one end to the other, informally |
| 44% | TREY | 4 | Shot from behind the arc, informally |
| 43% | RHEUM | 5 | Discharge that drips from the nose or eyes |
| 42% | TREYS | 5 | Baskets made from beyond the arc, informally |