| 100% | MARNE | 5 | French department |
| 100% | ORNE | 4 | French department |
| 88% | AISNE | 5 | French department in Picardy |
| 88% | TARN | 4 | French department; capital Albi |
| 88% | ORNE | 4 | French department or river |
| 86% | ARIEGE | 6 | French department in the Pyrenees |
| 86% | AIN | 3 | French department that borders Switzerland |
| 84% | GUIANA | 6 | French department bordering Brazil and Suriname |
| 84% | DORDOGNE | 8 | French department known for cave paintings |
| 82% | TETE | 4 | Head of the French department? |
| 80% | SEINE | 5 | Word in four French department names |
| 79% | ORNE | 4 | French river or department |
| 79% | OISE | 4 | French river or department |
| 79% | EURE | 4 | French river or department |
| 79% | AIN | 3 | French river or department |
| 79% | AUBE | 4 | French river or department |
| 78% | ISERE | 5 | French department that's home to the Chartreuse Mountains |
| 78% | ISERE | 5 | French department or a river that runs through it |
| 78% | NIMES | 5 | French department capital known in Roman times as Nemausus |
| 78% | ORLEANS | 7 | Capital of the French department of Loiret |
| 78% | DEHAUTE | 7 | Alpes-__-Provence, French department in the south |
| 74% | OISERIVER | 9 | Waterway that lent its name to two French departments |
| 72% | BASSETERRE | 10 | Capital of French overseas department Guadeloupe |
| 70% | BOURGES | 7 | Central French city, capital of Cher department |
| 62% | HAUTES | 6 | ___-Alpes (French department) |
| 62% | HAUT | 4 | ___ Rhin (French department) |
| 62% | PASDE | 5 | ___-Calais (French department) |
| 60% | VAL | 3 | ___-de-Marne (French department) |
| 60% | SAONE | 5 | ___-et-Loire (French department) |
| 60% | VAL | 3 | ___-d'Oise (French department) |