| 100% | LAYOFF | 6 | To remove someone from a job due to lack of work |
| 47% | PULLTHEPIN | 10 | End a project due to lack of funding, say |
| 41% | NEPOBABY | 8 | Working child of a famous person due to nepotism |
| 41% | DECLAW | 6 | To remove the nails from the paws of a cat |
| 41% | EMPLOY | 6 | To give someone a job, to have them work for you |
| 40% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Order of processes from start to end of a job |
| 40% | FACTOTUM | 8 | Someone employed to do a variety of jobs |
| 39% | BLEED | 5 | To remove air from a radiator |
| 38% | UNARM | 5 | Rare way to say remove a weapon from someone |
| 38% | EVACUATE | 8 | To remove troops from a combat area |
| 38% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 38% | HANGRY | 6 | Cranky due to lack of food |
| 37% | BILGEPUMP | 9 | Device to remove water from a ship |
| 37% | EASEOUT | 7 | Remove from a job gracefully |
| 37% | GANGRENE | 8 | Tissue death due to lack of blood flow |
| 37% | ELBOWOUT | 8 | Forcefully remove, as from a job |
| 36% | WILTING | 7 | Becoming weak due to lack of water or food |
| 36% | EASEOUT | 7 | Tactfully remove from a job |
| 36% | INFARCT | 7 | Area of dead tissue due to lack of blood supply |
| 36% | OVERHEATS | 9 | Breaks down on the road due to lack of coolant |
| 36% | SCURVY | 6 | Disease common in pirates due to lack of vitamin C |
| 36% | OVERHEAT | 8 | Break down due to lack of coolant, as an auto |
| 36% | ALTERS | 6 | Removing punctuation from a sentence ____ the whole meaning of the sentence |
| 35% | SLIP | 4 | Pink ___ (notice of dismissal from a job) |
| 35% | RULEOUT | 7 | Discount someone from a group of possible suspects |
| 35% | SHEARING | 8 | Farming process of removing wool from a sheep |
| 35% | PARDON | 6 | Presidential power to forgive someone of a crime |
| 35% | WORKER | 6 | Someone employed to do a job |
| 35% | DEPORTEE | 8 | Someone forcibly removed from a country |
| 34% | EVACUATES | 9 | Moves someone from a dangerous to a safer place |