| 100% | DELE | 4 | Marking indicating something to be removed from the text |
| 52% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be removed from the oven |
| 44% | DELETING | 8 | Removing from the text |
| 44% | DELE | 4 | Remove from the text |
| 41% | ALCOA | 5 | It was removed from the Dow in 2013 |
| 40% | ERASABLE | 8 | Like ink that can be removed from the page |
| 39% | TOME | 4 | It might need two hands to be removed from a shelf |
| 39% | ENRON | 5 | Energy giant whose name was removed from the Astros' ballpark in 2002 |
| 38% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove the text, for short |
| 38% | APP | 3 | Something to buy from the iTunes Store |
| 38% | RIPE | 4 | Ready to be plucked from the vine |
| 37% | RIPE | 4 | Soon to be plucked from the plant, perhaps |
| 37% | HAT | 3 | Something that is removed as a mark of respect |
| 37% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be drawn from the keg: 2 wds. |
| 37% | UNTIE | 5 | Remove the ties to something |
| 37% | ERASE | 5 | Remove the pencil marks from |
| 36% | SEGNO | 5 | Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated |
| 36% | DYING | 5 | To be eager is the same as to be __ for something |
| 36% | SCAMS | 5 | Phone calls purporting to be from the IRS, say |
| 36% | SHE | 3 | "___ Used To Be Mine" (song from the musical "Waitress") |
| 36% | DEVEIN | 6 | To remove the black filament from prawns |
| 35% | TAG | 3 | "This ___ not to be removed except by the consumer" (warning attached to a mattress) |
| 35% | SEE | 3 | "I sprang from the bed to ___ what was the matter" |
| 35% | ERASE | 5 | To remove writing, marking or traces of something |
| 35% | DELE | 4 | Mark made by the proofreader to indicate deletion |
| 35% | EEK | 3 | Exclamation not likely to be heard from the intrepid |
| 35% | MEND | 4 | To repair something or recover. "She is on the ___" |
| 34% | DESICCATE | 9 | Dry out; remove the moisture from something |
| 34% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | “This is the time to say something” |
| 34% | YENTAS | 6 | Types from the shtetl who consider your business to be their business |