| 100% | DREDGER | 7 | Machine for taking mud from a river |
| 100% | DREDGERS | 8 | Machines for taking mud from a river |
| 53% | DREDGING | 8 | Scooping out mud from a river |
| 45% | TAXED | 5 | Took a cut from, for Uncle Sam |
| 42% | INSPO | 5 | Something taken from a style icon, for short |
| 41% | BORROWING | 9 | Taking a book from a library for a while |
| 39% | DEICES | 6 | Prepares for a take off from Yakutsk, often |
| 38% | AMAZONITE | 9 | Stressbusting stone from a South American river |
| 38% | POLISHER | 8 | Machine for shining a floor |
| 38% | PAVER | 5 | Machine for a highway crew |
| 38% | ANSWERING | 9 | Type of machine for taking landline phone messages |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state which takes its name from a river |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state that takes its name from a river |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | Structure that generates electric power from a river |
| 37% | SNIPE | 5 | Take shots from a hiding place |
| 37% | ADOPT | 5 | Take in from a pet shelter |
| 37% | ADOPTS | 6 | Takes home from a shelter, say |
| 37% | ADOPT | 5 | Take home from a pet shelter |
| 37% | ADOPTS | 6 | Takes home from a pet shelter |
| 37% | GUMBALL | 7 | Candy from a machine |
| 37% | LATTE | 5 | Drink from a machine |
| 37% | VEND | 4 | Sell from a machine |
| 37% | ROO | 3 | Winnie the Pooh once rescued him from a river |
| 37% | MANGLE | 6 | Machine for squeezing out water from clothes |
| 37% | DREDGE | 6 | Scoop mud from river bed |
| 37% | STEAL | 5 | Take items from a store without paying |
| 37% | ADOPT | 5 | Take home from a rescue shelter, say |
| 37% | BAPTISM | 7 | Occasion for taking a dip |
| 37% | GUMBALL | 7 | *Candy from a candy machine |
| 36% | MIRRORS | 7 | For taking a good look at yourself in |