| 100% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la ___" (French for "That's life") |
| 97% | VIE | 3 | C'est la ___ ("That's life," in French) |
| 87% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la ___" ("That's life," in French) |
| 80% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la ___!" (French phrase meaning "That's life!") |
| 75% | EST | 3 | "C'___ la vie" ("that's life" in French) |
| 75% | EST | 3 | "C'___ la vie!" ("That's life!" in French) |
| 72% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la ___!" ("That's life!") |
| 72% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la __"; "That's life" |
| 66% | LAVIE | 5 | "C'est ___" ("That's life," in French): 2 wds. |
| 60% | ABOWLOFCHERRIES | 15 | *Dish that's a metaphor for life? |
| 59% | VIE | 3 | C'est la ___ (French phrase) |
| 58% | PLIE | 4 | Movement that's French for "bent" |
| 58% | CASSEROLE | 9 | Food that's French for "saucepan" |
| 58% | NOEL | 4 | Name that's French for "Christmas" |
| 58% | CEST | 4 | ___ la vie, that's life |
| 58% | CEST | 4 | "___ la vie!" (French expression meaning "That's life!") |
| 58% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city that's headquarters for J. C. Penney |
| 57% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling that's French for "already seen" |
| 57% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine that's also a French pronoun for "she" |
| 56% | BRUT | 4 | Deodorant brand that's French for "rough" |
| 56% | PLANO | 5 | City that's headquarters for Pizza Hut and J. C. Penney |
| 55% | LAVIE | 5 | C'est ___ (that's life): 2 wds. |
| 55% | VIE | 3 | "C'est la ___!" ("Such is life!") |
| 55% | EXCALIBUR | 9 | Las Vegas hotel/casino that is named for King Arthur's sword |
| 54% | TROMPELOEIL | 11 | Art technique that's French for "fools the eye" |
| 54% | MORT | 4 | Terry Pratchett novel that's French for death |
| 53% | NEZ | 3 | French for nose, like in glasses that pinch it |
| 53% | EAUDEVIE | 8 | French for "water of life"; a brandy |
| 53% | CEST | 4 | "___ la vie!" ("That's life!") |
| 52% | EPIC | 4 | Word used for something that's larger than life |