| 100% | WRUNG | 5 | Squeezed the water from, as a towel |
| 59% | WRING | 5 | Squeeze the water from |
| 53% | OVERBOARD | 9 | Into the water from a ship |
| 51% | FORONCE | 7 | As a total departure from the norm |
| 51% | FORONCE | 7 | As a welcome change from the usual |
| 49% | HIGHDIVE | 8 | Jump headfirst into the water from a platform 70 feet up: Hyph. |
| 49% | ENMASSE | 7 | Altogether, as a whole, from the French language |
| 48% | DECLAW | 6 | Remove the nails from, as a cat |
| 48% | DEFOG | 5 | Remove the mist from, as a windshield |
| 48% | DEICE | 5 | Remove the frost from, as a windshield |
| 48% | DEFOG | 5 | Remove the haze from, as a windshield |
| 48% | HOSED | 5 | Rinsed the soap from, as a car |
| 48% | PARE | 4 | Cut the skin from, as a fruit |
| 48% | GUT | 3 | Remove the innards from, as a pumpkin |
| 48% | PEELS | 5 | Removes the skin from, as a banana |
| 48% | IRON | 4 | Remove the wrinkles from, as a skirt |
| 48% | UNRIG | 5 | Remove the lines from, as a ship |
| 48% | BONED | 5 | Removed the skeleton from, as a fish |
| 48% | IRONOUT | 7 | Remove the kinks from, as a plan |
| 48% | PEEL | 4 | Remove the skin from, as a potato |
| 48% | XXXXXX | 6 | Remove the saddle from, as a horse |
| 48% | SHEAR | 5 | Cut the wool from, as a sheep |
| 47% | GEYSER | 6 | Eruption of water from a hot spring in the ground |
| 47% | UNCAP | 5 | Remove the top from, as a soda bottle |
| 47% | UNCAP | 5 | Remove the top from, as a pill bottle |
| 47% | SPURTS | 6 | Gushes, as from a water fountain |
| 47% | OLD | 3 | From the past, as a story |
| 47% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove, as a tweet from the top of one's profile |
| 46% | SANDS | 5 | Removes the roughness from, as a piece of wood |
| 46% | DREW | 4 | Got water, as from a well |