Try this: If your collection was 'example'
db.example.update({}, {$unset: {words:1}}, false, true);
Refer this:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating#Updating-%24unset
UPDATE:
The above link no longer covers '$unset'ing. Nic Cottrell's comment below is the way to go now. Be sure to add {multi: true} if you want to remove this field from all of the documents in the collection; otherwise, it will only remove it from the first document it finds that matches. See this for updated documentation:
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/unset/
Example:
db.example.update({}, {$unset: {words:1}} , {multi: true});