| 100% | URSI | 4 | Abbreviation for the French name of the International Union of Radio Science |
| 47% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 44% | MME | 3 | French abbreviation for the counterpart of "Sir" |
| 42% | QUEENSLAND | 10 | ___ Reds, rugby union team for the Australian state of the same name |
| 42% | BROCA | 5 | French physician for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 41% | BROCA | 5 | French physician Paul for whom an area of the brain is named |
| 41% | SOMNOLOGY | 9 | Proper name for the science of sleep |
| 40% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinised name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 40% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinized name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 39% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 39% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 39% | COUPE | 5 | Type of car whose name comes from the French word for "cut" |
| 38% | BARBAROSSA | 10 | Operation —, code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War |
| 38% | RBI | 3 | Abbreviation for the Reserve Bank of India |
| 38% | LRC | 3 | Arianna Huffington radio show named for the breadth of the political spectrum, for short |
| 37% | REDARMY | 7 | Name for the armed forces of the USSR |
| 37% | ECLAIR | 6 | Creme-filled oblong pastry whose name comes from the French for a flash of lightning |
| 37% | SEPTEMBRE | 9 | French word for the ninth month of the year |
| 37% | ILIUM | 5 | The Latin name for the ancient city of Troy |
| 37% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 36% | PIERRE | 6 | French form of the name Peter |
| 36% | HELENE | 6 | French version of the name Helen |
| 36% | DIV | 3 | Abbreviation for the inverse of multiplication |
| 36% | OUGHTS | 6 | Possible name for the first decade of the century |
| 36% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 36% | IRIS | 4 | Flower named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow |
| 36% | MANCHE | 6 | French name for the English Channel: La __ |
| 35% | AXISOFEVIL | 10 | Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address |
| 35% | MALAR | 5 | — bone; another name for the zygomatic bone of the head |
| 35% | ORC | 3 | Fantasy baddie named for the Roman god of the underworld |