| 100% | HUGUENOT | 8 | French Calvinist of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 73% | HUGUENOT | 8 | Member of the French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries influenced by John Calvin |
| 70% | PAVANE | 6 | Slow processional dance of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 61% | PAVANE | 6 | Slow processional dance of the 16th- and 17th-centuries |
| 55% | ONEI | 4 | Childhood name of Komatsuhime, famous Japanese female warrior of the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 55% | CALVIN | 6 | French reformer of the 16th century, John __ |
| 54% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinised name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 54% | NOSTRADAMUS | 11 | Latinized name of the 16th-century French astrologer and physician noted for his predictions |
| 53% | GALLIARD | 8 | Dance in triple time for two people popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 51% | AMATI | 5 | Family of violin makers active in Cremona, Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 51% | AMATI | 5 | Family of violin makers active in Cremona, Italy, in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| 48% | MINUET | 6 | French dance form of the 17th-18th centuries |
| 46% | INCA | 4 | South American empire of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| 46% | RABELAIS | 8 | Francois —, French author of 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel |
| 45% | MDI | 3 | Start of the 16th century |
| 43% | MOLIERE | 7 | French playwright of The Miser and Tartuffe |
| 43% | PIERREDE | 8 | 17th-century French mathematician regarded as the founder of modern number theory |
| 43% | PORTUGAL | 8 | A big maritime potence of the 16th century |
| 42% | AMATI | 5 | Family of violin makers active in Cremona, Italy, in the 16th- and 17th-centuries |
| 42% | MDCI | 4 | Start of the 17th century |
| 42% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |
| 42% | MUZHIK | 6 | Russian peasant of the 17th century |
| 41% | ETRE | 4 | Infinitive of the French "suis" and "sommes" |
| 41% | CARAVEL | 7 | Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| 40% | MDCC | 4 | End of the 17th century, on a cornerstone |
| 40% | CRAFTS | 6 | Turn of the century art movement, Arts and __ |
| 40% | EVERYMAN | 8 | Popular English morality play of the early 16th century |
| 40% | RASHI | 5 | Influential French rabbi of the 11th century |
| 40% | PASCAL | 6 | Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat |
| 40% | EUGENEIONESCO | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Rhinoceros" and "The Bald Soprano": 2 wds. |