| 100% | FLOATER | 7 | Employee who does whatever is needed |
| 81% | FLOATER | 7 | Worker who does whatever is needed |
| 41% | BARISTA | 7 | Employee who might aptly be named Joe |
| 40% | URGENT | 6 | Needing to be done ASAP |
| 40% | URGENT | 6 | Needing to be done immediately |
| 40% | TEMP | 4 | Employee who might be hired for only a few weeks |
| 40% | WEARY | 5 | Rests are needed for those who are this |
| 40% | HISSKILLISBEINGWASTED | 21 | Recommendation for an employee who was chronically drunk? |
| 40% | ONIT | 4 | Doing what needs to be done |
| 39% | SALARIED | 8 | Like full-time employees who are not paid hourly |
| 39% | DRYOFF | 6 | What a bath towel is needed to do: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEMP | 4 | Non-permanent employee who might be supplied by an agency |
| 38% | SEPARATED | 9 | A couple who do not stay together or are divorced |
| 38% | TASK | 4 | Something that needs to be done |
| 37% | RENEW | 5 | What people who need People might do? |
| 37% | GENIE | 5 | One who needs to be rubbed out? |
| 37% | GAMER | 5 | One who might need to be consoled? |
| 37% | POOR | 4 | One who is deprived of many basic needs |
| 37% | PLOTZ | 5 | What someone who is overly verklempt might do |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | Letters from someone who needs to be rescued |
| 37% | GASSY | 5 | Like a baby who needs to be burped |
| 37% | LOITERER | 8 | One who may be arrested for doing nothing |
| 37% | ONTASK | 6 | Paying attention to what needs to be done |
| 37% | HUM | 3 | Nothing needs to be said to do it |
| 36% | ACE | 3 | One who is really good at what he does |
| 36% | ALLY | 4 | One who's supposed to be available if needed |
| 36% | DAMSEL | 6 | Female fairy-tale figure who needs to be rescued |
| 36% | ETTA | 4 | James who sang "All I Could Do Was Cry" |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | Necessary ___ (something unpleasant that still needs to be done) |
| 36% | OHMY | 4 | "Whatever will I do?" |