| 100% | BEHEAD | 6 | Execute, as during the French Revolution |
| 68% | ECUS | 4 | Currency dropped during the French Revolution |
| 65% | PIUSVI | 6 | Pope during the French Revolution |
| 65% | MARIE | 5 | Queen during the French Revolution, Antoinette |
| 64% | ECUS | 4 | Coins that disappeared during the French Revolution |
| 64% | SALTTAX | 7 | Savory levy repealed during the French Revolution |
| 64% | SANSON | 6 | Paris's executioner during the French Revolution |
| 64% | ASSIGNATS | 9 | Paper bonds issued during the French Revolution |
| 59% | HEBERT | 6 | Jacques —, 18th-century journalist; founder of newspaper Le Pere Duchesne during the French Revolution |
| 57% | SAFETY | 6 | "A Place of Greater ___," 1992 novel by Hilary Mantel which is set during the French Revolution |
| 56% | BASTILLE | 8 | French fortress stormed during the Revolution |
| 55% | ELMS | 4 | Symbols of hope during the American and French Revolutions |
| 50% | WAR | 3 | The French Revolution, for one |
| 47% | LOYALISTS | 9 | Americans supporting Britain during the Revolution |
| 47% | ELM | 3 | Symbol of liberty in the French Revolution |
| 47% | SALTTAX | 7 | Levy that helped spark the French Revolution |
| 47% | RIGHTS | 6 | __ of Man, declaration of the French Revolution |
| 47% | TAKESAKNEE | 10 | Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem |
| 46% | SALTTAX | 7 | Oppressive measure that helped spark the French Revolution |
| 46% | EQUALITY | 8 | Second tenet of the French Revolution, in English |
| 46% | GABELLE | 7 | La __, salt tax repealed in the French Revolution |
| 46% | JUDGED | 6 | Made some scoring decisions, as during the Olympics |
| 44% | FLYINGCROW | 10 | Seneca chief during the American Revolution |
| 44% | GEORGEIII | 9 | English king during the American Revolution |
| 44% | ZAPATISTA | 9 | Rebel fighter during the Mexican Revolution |
| 44% | MAO | 3 | Chinese leader during the Cultural Revolution |
| 43% | EXETER | 6 | New Hampshire's capital during the Revolution |
| 43% | BASTILLE | 8 | The __, French jail at middle of the Revolution |
| 42% | WAITOUT | 7 | Do nothing during the course of, as a storm |
| 41% | LOUISXIV | 8 | French monarch known as the Sun King |