| 100% | DEBONE | 6 | Remove the skeleton from a fish |
| 100% | DEBONING | 8 | Removing the skeleton from a fish |
| 90% | BONED | 5 | Removed the skeleton from, as a fish |
| 79% | GUTTING | 7 | Removing the innards from a fish |
| 59% | CLEFTCLEANING | 13 | Removing the detritus from a fissure? |
| 59% | DESCALE | 7 | Remove the lime from a kettle, say |
| 57% | HEADDOWN | 8 | A fish rots from the __ |
| 55% | DECLAW | 6 | Remove the nails from, as a cat |
| 55% | DEFOG | 5 | Remove the mist from, as a windshield |
| 55% | DEICE | 5 | Remove the frost from, as a windshield |
| 55% | DEFOG | 5 | Remove the haze from, as a windshield |
| 55% | HONE | 4 | Remove the dullness from, like a blade |
| 55% | GUT | 3 | Remove the innards from, as a pumpkin |
| 55% | IRON | 4 | Remove the wrinkles from, as a skirt |
| 55% | UNRIG | 5 | Remove the lines from, as a ship |
| 55% | IRONOUT | 7 | Remove the kinks from, as a plan |
| 55% | PEEL | 4 | Remove the skin from, as a potato |
| 55% | XXXXXX | 6 | Remove the saddle from, as a horse |
| 55% | DEFUSED | 7 | Removed the explosive device from a bomb |
| 55% | OILED | 5 | Removed the squeaks from, in a way |
| 55% | PEELS | 5 | Removes the skin from, as a banana |
| 55% | BONED | 5 | Removed the hard bits from fish or meat |
| 55% | UNRIG | 5 | Remove the ropes and chains from a ship |
| 55% | UNCAP | 5 | Remove the top from, as a soda bottle |
| 55% | UNCAP | 5 | Remove the top from, as a pill bottle |
| 55% | UNKINKS | 7 | Removes the bends and twists from a hose |
| 55% | PEELS | 5 | Removes the outer layer from, as a banana |
| 54% | EDIT | 4 | Remove the "ums" and "uhs" from a podcast, say |
| 54% | SANDS | 5 | Removes the roughness from, as a piece of wood |
| 50% | LUTE | 4 | String instrument spelled by removing the first letter from a woodwind instrument |