| 100% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the ocean by a reef |
| 87% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 56% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from a sea |
| 54% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated by a barrier |
| 51% | LAGOON | 6 | Water separated from a larger source by a reef |
| 47% | CHIOS | 5 | Greek island separated from Turkey by a strait of the same name |
| 46% | ATLANTIC | 8 | — Ocean, body of water bounded by the Americas, Africa and Europe |
| 45% | LAGOON | 6 | A body of coastal water sectioned off by a reef |
| 44% | THUN | 4 | Lake —, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River |
| 43% | PIER | 4 | Structure leading out from the shore into a body of water |
| 43% | WHITESEA | 8 | Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic |
| 43% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water parted by Moses in the Bible |
| 43% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that separates Africa from Asia: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Body of water fed by the Detroit River: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SCOTIASEA | 9 | "Scottish" body of water in the Southern Ocean |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 42% | DEADSEA | 7 | Body of water that's nearly 10 times saltier than the ocean |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | Body of water whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 42% | NORTH | 5 | — Sea, body of water formerly known as the German Ocean |
| 42% | PERSIAN | 7 | __Gulf, body of water fed by the Sea of Oman |
| 42% | YELLOWSEA | 9 | Body of water so named for the silt-ridden discharges from nearby rivers |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | A vast body of water, like the Arabian ___ |
| 41% | ALDERNEY | 8 | Island separated from the Cap de la Hague, France, by the Race of — |
| 40% | OCEAN | 5 | A massive body of water, such as the Pacific ___ |
| 40% | NESS | 4 | Loch —, body of water in northwest Scotland said to be inhabited by a monster |
| 40% | GEYSER | 6 | Eruption of water from a hot spring in the ground |
| 40% | VANCOUVER | 9 | Island separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound |
| 40% | GENEVA | 6 | Lake —, body of water between Switzerland and France fed and drained by the River Rhone |
| 39% | GREAT | 5 | & 22A — Lake, body of water in NW Canada drained by the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean |